Second dry run for the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine underway at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi.
COVID-19 vaccine dry run: Second phase underway in Delhi AIIMS
Covid-19 vaccine
11:09 January 08
09:31 January 08
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visits Chennai govt hospital
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visits Chennai govt hospital
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Friday visited Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai to review the dry run for administering the coronavirus vaccine.
06:42 January 08
Covid-19 vaccine: Another nationwide dry run today
New Delhi: Ahead of the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine in a few days, another dry-run will be conducted across the country on Friday.
The Central government is gearing up for the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccine across the country. As a simulation of actual execution, another round of dry run will now be conducted in all 700 plus districts of all states and UTs, except Uttar Pradesh and Haryana today.
Each district will identify three types of session sites, similar to the previous dry run including a public health facility like a District Hospital or Medical College, private health facility and rural or urban outreach sites.
The mock drill will familiarise the state, district, block, and hospital-level officers with all aspects of Covid-19 roll out.
This activity will help administrators in strengthening the linkages between planning, implementation, and reporting mechanisms, identification of any residual challenges prior to the actual implementation, and to provide confidence to the programme managers at all levels to carry out a smooth implementation of the vaccination drive.
To facilitate the entire vaccination process, a software,' Co-WIN', has been developed by the Health Ministry for real time information of vaccine stocks, their storage temperature, and individualized tracking of beneficiaries for Covid-19 vaccine.
This software will assist the programme managers across all levels in the conduct of the vaccination sessions. A dedicated 24x7 call centre has also been established for technical queries of Co-WIN users.
Also read: India gears up for D-Day of Covid-19 vaccination
The cold chain infrastructure, like walk-in-freezers, walk-in-coolers, ice-lined refrigerators, deep freezers, along with sufficient supplies of syringes and other logistics have been ensured to begin Covid-19 vaccination drive.
Around 1.7 lakh vaccinators and three lakh vaccination team members have been trained on the process to be followed at the vaccination sites which include beneficiary verification, vaccination, cold chain and logistics management, bio-medical waste management, AEFI management, and reporting on Co-WIN software.
Detailed operational guidelines on all aspects of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out, including session planning and management, session site layout and its organization, AEFI management, IEC messages, infection prevention and control practices, etc., have already been shared with the States and UTs and they have also been oriented on the same.
On January 2, almost all states and Union Territory had conducted a dry runs at 285 session sites spread across 125 districts to assess the ability and readiness of authorities to administer shots to hundreds of millions of people, including many in remote corners of the country.
On December 28 and 29, the first dry run was conducted in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, Rajkot and Gandhinagar district of Gujarat, Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar of Punjab and Sonitpur and Nalbari districts of Assam.
The Central government plans to vaccinate nearly 30 crore people in the first phase of drive. It will be offered to one crore healthcare workers, along with 2 crore frontline and essential workers and 27 crore elderly, mostly above the age of 50 years with comorbidities.
The Health Ministry on Tuesday announced that the vaccination drive will be rolled out by January 13.
Two vaccines - Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield manufactured by Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin have been approved for restricted emergency use. It will be first offered to one crore healthcare workers and two crore frontline workers for free.
(IANS)
11:09 January 08
Second dry run for the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine underway at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi.
09:31 January 08
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visits Chennai govt hospital
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visits Chennai govt hospital
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Friday visited Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai to review the dry run for administering the coronavirus vaccine.
06:42 January 08
Covid-19 vaccine: Another nationwide dry run today
New Delhi: Ahead of the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine in a few days, another dry-run will be conducted across the country on Friday.
The Central government is gearing up for the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccine across the country. As a simulation of actual execution, another round of dry run will now be conducted in all 700 plus districts of all states and UTs, except Uttar Pradesh and Haryana today.
Each district will identify three types of session sites, similar to the previous dry run including a public health facility like a District Hospital or Medical College, private health facility and rural or urban outreach sites.
The mock drill will familiarise the state, district, block, and hospital-level officers with all aspects of Covid-19 roll out.
This activity will help administrators in strengthening the linkages between planning, implementation, and reporting mechanisms, identification of any residual challenges prior to the actual implementation, and to provide confidence to the programme managers at all levels to carry out a smooth implementation of the vaccination drive.
To facilitate the entire vaccination process, a software,' Co-WIN', has been developed by the Health Ministry for real time information of vaccine stocks, their storage temperature, and individualized tracking of beneficiaries for Covid-19 vaccine.
This software will assist the programme managers across all levels in the conduct of the vaccination sessions. A dedicated 24x7 call centre has also been established for technical queries of Co-WIN users.
Also read: India gears up for D-Day of Covid-19 vaccination
The cold chain infrastructure, like walk-in-freezers, walk-in-coolers, ice-lined refrigerators, deep freezers, along with sufficient supplies of syringes and other logistics have been ensured to begin Covid-19 vaccination drive.
Around 1.7 lakh vaccinators and three lakh vaccination team members have been trained on the process to be followed at the vaccination sites which include beneficiary verification, vaccination, cold chain and logistics management, bio-medical waste management, AEFI management, and reporting on Co-WIN software.
Detailed operational guidelines on all aspects of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out, including session planning and management, session site layout and its organization, AEFI management, IEC messages, infection prevention and control practices, etc., have already been shared with the States and UTs and they have also been oriented on the same.
On January 2, almost all states and Union Territory had conducted a dry runs at 285 session sites spread across 125 districts to assess the ability and readiness of authorities to administer shots to hundreds of millions of people, including many in remote corners of the country.
On December 28 and 29, the first dry run was conducted in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, Rajkot and Gandhinagar district of Gujarat, Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar of Punjab and Sonitpur and Nalbari districts of Assam.
The Central government plans to vaccinate nearly 30 crore people in the first phase of drive. It will be offered to one crore healthcare workers, along with 2 crore frontline and essential workers and 27 crore elderly, mostly above the age of 50 years with comorbidities.
The Health Ministry on Tuesday announced that the vaccination drive will be rolled out by January 13.
Two vaccines - Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield manufactured by Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin have been approved for restricted emergency use. It will be first offered to one crore healthcare workers and two crore frontline workers for free.
(IANS)
Last Updated : Jan 8, 2021, 11:24 AM IST
