Published: Sunday, January 3, 2021, 8:28 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 03: Some of the issues flagged during the dry run of the COVID-19 vaccine drive were additional staff, better internet connectivity and more time to manage adverse events.
In the national capital, where the dry run was held at three sites, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that free coronavirus vaccine will be provided to the people in the city. Interacting with reporters during a visit to a facility in Daryaganj, he said the system seems flawless as of now.
The dry run involved 286 session sites spread across 125 districts. India has reported 1.03 crore COVID-19 cases so far and the exercise was held on a day an expert panel of the central drug authority recommended granting permission for restricted emergency use of the indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, with certain conditions, after giving similar direction for the Oxford vaccine Covishield.
India s Covid-19 vaccination dry run in numbers: 286 sessions, 1.1 lakh vaccinators trained on Day 1
All the state and district officials were trained on the Operational Guidelines and for conducting the dry-run (Photo: PTI)
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More than 75 lakh beneficiaries have been registered on Co-WIN software till date ahead of Covid-19 vaccine roll out in the country
The preparation to handle any Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) at all session sites and functionality of the Call Centers was also tested
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India today carried out a nationwide Covid-19 vaccine dry run as the country moves closer to begin its massive Covid-19 vaccination roll out for the general public.
With 19,078 new COVID-19 cases, India s tally reaches 1,03,05,788 ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 23:26 IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): India reported 19,078 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases in the country to 1,03,05,788, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed on Saturday.
The total number of active cases now stands at 2,50,183. As many as 224 people succumbed to coronavirus in the last 24 hours and the death toll has mounted to 1,49,218.
So far 99,06,387 recoveries have been reported in the country.
As many as 8,29,964 samples tested for the coronavirus on Friday and the count of samples tested so far has reached 17,39,41,658, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed.