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As part of the dry run for COVID-19 vaccination, conducted at 39 locations in all 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, health authorities created some dummy incidents to test the preparedness for adverse events following immunization (AEFI), a senior official said Health Commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar said some 32 minor and 26 major events were created during the dry run in all districts. "These are not real, but we created dummy events to test the preparedness for AEFI. These were immediately addressing and everything went as planned. We are now geared up for the actual vaccinati...

Mock drill to be held from 9 a.m. till 11 a.m. at six sites As part of the nation-wide dry run for COVID-19 vaccine administration on Saturday, Kerala will also go through the exercise at six sites in four districts in the State at the same time. In the capital city, the dry run for vaccine administration will be held at the Poozhanad primary health centre (PHC), Peroorkada district model hospital and the KIMS hospital in the private sector. The dry run will also be held at the Vazhathoppu PHC in Idukki, Nenmara community health centre in Palakkad and the the Kurukkamoola PHC in Wayanad.

India News: A dry run of Covid-19 vaccination programme is being conducted across all states and union territories today. The activity is proposed to be conducted

Earlier in the day, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan chaired a high-level Meeting with all States and UTs to review the preparedness.

3-MIN READ India-Wide Vaccine Dry Run Today as Govt Plans to Start Inoculation Drive Next Week A medic demonstrates administration of COVAXIN, a government-backed experimental COVID-19 vaccine, to a health worker during its trials, at the Urban Primary Health Centre at Tezpur in Sonitpur district, Assam. (PTI) The dry run is aimed at equipping the entire administration and management of vaccine supply, storage and logistics, including cold chain management, the Union Health Ministry has said. FOLLOW US ON: After successfully concluding the coronavirus vaccination dry run in four states, a si...