Govt Successfully Conducts Dry Run For COVID-19 Vaccination In Andhra, Punjab, Assam And Gujarat
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Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conducted a two-day dry run for activities entailed in Covid-19 vaccination in four states of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat on 28 and 29 December, an official release said.
Backed with the experience of rolling out Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) and conducting nationwide multiple wide-range injectable vaccination campaigns such as measles-rubella (MR) and adult Japanese Encephalitis (JE) campaign, required steps are being undertaken to vaccinate priority population groups such as Health care workers, Frontline workers and people above 50 years for Covid-19, it said.