A dry run of Covid-19 vaccination was underway Saturday at 46 centres in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as part of nationwide assessment of preparedness of health authorities to implement the programme when the vaccine is made available. The trial run was being conducted at 39 centres in Andhra Pradesh and seven centres in Telangana. Officials said the process was underway in a smooth manner. In Andhra Pradesh, where the first phase of dry run was conducted at five centres in Krishna district on December 28, the process was conducted at three centres in each of the 13 districts on Saturday. Dummy beneficiaries lined up at four designated centres in Hyderabad and at three centres in Mahabubnagar district at 9 a.m. to receive the vaccine.
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All preparations are being done, and 1,000 vaccine centres will be set up across the city, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain during the dry run of the Covid-19 vaccine in the national capital on Saturday. | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday said COVID-19 vaccine will be provided to people in the national capital for free once it arrives, and asserted that the city government has made all preparations for the vaccination drive.
Interacting with reporters during his visit to a facility in Daryaganj as part of a dry run exercise held here to assess the preparations for the vaccine roll-out, Jain said the system seems flawless as of now.
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Health workers during the dry run of COVID-19 vaccination, at a health care centre in Kamakshipalya of Bengaluru.
As India gears up to launch the world s largest immunisation drive, almost all states and Union Territory (UT) governments, including the national capital, conducted a dry run on Saturday to assess their ability and readiness to administer Covid-19 shots to hundreds of millions of people, including many in remote corners of the country. The move came day after a government panel recommended for the emergency use approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Covishield and all eyes are on Director Controller General of India (DCGI) for the final nod.