One immunisation team has two members, so 4,000 teams comprise of 8,000 persons in all.
Meanwhile, 1.5 lakh health workers have already got registered on the government’s portal. Dr Bhaskar said that health staff can still get registration done so as to avail the benefit of vaccination in the first phase.
In Ludhiana, the dry run was conducted at seven places which were Dayanand Medical College and Hospital(DMCH), Civil Hospital, Ludhiana, Civil Hospitals located in sub-divisions Payal, Jagraon, Khanna, Riakot and Macchiwara.
Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, Dr Rajesh Kumar Bagga, said, “On Monday, we worked towards online registration part only which also included sending SMSes to beneficiaries to invite them at vaccine centres. This drive also includes preparation of medicine boxes. On Tuesday, beneficiaries will be at centres with a proof of SMS on their mobile phones. Meanwhile, we have chosen 25 health workers of every particular hospital or area only for this dry run and therefore for 7 centres, there are 175 health workers involved in this dry run.”