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Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination drive successfully conducted in 4 states: Health Ministry India Updated: Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 18:42 [IST] New Delhi, Dec 29: A two-day dry run to assess the readiness of the mechanism laid out for the COVID-19 immunisation drive, which is expected to begin soon, was successfully conducted in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Assam, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The end-to-end exercise was undertaken in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, Rajkot and Gandhinagar of Gujarat, Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar of Punjab, and Sonitpur and...

Coronavirus vaccine rollout: Dry run starts in 4 states today amid new virus strain scare Preparations underway in Prakash Nagar, Vijaywada in Andhra for dry run of Covid vaccine rollout. (ANI) In addition, infection control practices will be followed at the site to prevent coronavirus transmission Share Via Read Full Story A dry run of the Covid-19 vaccination programme will be held in four states to test the planned operations and the laid-out mechanisms for the coronavirus inoculation drive. The dry runs will be carried out today (28 December) and tomorrow (29 December) in Punjab, Assam, ...

Updated Dec 18, 2020 | 10:59 IST In a just-released set of FAQs, the government has issued a complete set of answers to all the Frequently Asked Questions on the coronavirus-driven pandemic and the vaccines that will be deployed to fight it. India's vaccination plan: All your doubts, fears, questions answered by the government  |  Photo Credit: iStock Images Key Highlights India is not only the world's biggest vaccine producer and supplier, it also runs the world's largest vaccination programme All these achievements will come into play when India gives Eme...

by As the news of four vaccine candidates claiming high efficacy levels in field trials cheered up the pandemic-struck globe, India, with more than 9 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, and a battered economy, is getting ready to vaccinate a population of more than a billion people, that too, twice. And that too, quite rapidly, for that is believed to be the sure-shot way to arrest the pandemic spread. No doubt, India, as the world’s leading vaccine manufacturer, is in a better position vis-à-vis many other developing countries for accessing vaccines. Serum Institute of India alone is planni...