A two-day dry run to check the preparedness of health authorities for a future nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme began on Monday in Rajkot and Gandhinagar districts of Gujarat, officials said.
Gujarat is one of the four states chosen by the Centre to conduct the mock COVID-19 vaccination drive. In Gujarat, the dry run is being carried out in Rajkot district, Rajkot city, Gandhinagar district and Gandhinagar city, State Immunisation Office Dr Nayan Jani told reporters. He said local health officials of these districts and cities will engage in administrative work on the first day of the drive. The actual field visits will begin on Tuesday, Jani said, adding that actual (potential) vaccine shots will not be administered on people during the dry run.
Gujarat: COVID-19 vaccination dry run begins in two districts
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Synopsis In Gujarat, the dry run is being carried out in Rajkot district, Rajkot city, Gandhinagar district and Gandhinagar city, State Immunisation Office Dr Nayan Jani told reporters.
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He said local health officials of these districts and cities will engage in administrative work on the first day of the drive.
Ahmedabad: A two-day dry run to check the preparedness of health authorities for a future nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme began on Monday in Rajkot and Gandhinagar districts of Gujarat, officials said. Gujarat is one of the four states chosen by the Centre to conduct the mock COVID-19 vaccination drive.
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The dry run was being carried out in five locations with 25 test beneficiaries (healthcare workers) for each session.
The current cold chain is capable of storing an additional quantity of COVID-19 vaccine required for the first three crore prioritised population.
As the country eagerly awaits a likely coronavirus vaccination drive in January, at least 125 intended beneficiaries each in four states who had registered on the Co-WIN App were on Tuesday sent SMSes informing them about the time and place of their COVID-19 vaccination under a mock-drill and preparations made to administer the shots at designated centres.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, while extending the coronavirus guidelines till 31 January, said there has been a continuous decline in the number of active and new COVID-19 cases in the country but there is a need to maintain surveillance, containment and caution, keeping in view the surge in the number of cases globally and a new virus strain being detected in the UK. Accordingly, containment zones continue to be demarcated carefully; prescribed containment measures strictly followed within these zones; COVID-appropriate behaviour promoted and strictly enforced, and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) prescribed in respect of various permitted activities followed scrupulously, the MHA said.
COVID-19 vaccination dry run begins in two districts of Gujarat
Gujarat is one of the four states chosen by the Centre to conduct the mock COVID-19 vaccination drive.
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Local health officials of these districts and cities will engage in administrative work on the first day of the drive. (Photo | Vinod Kumar, EPS) By PTI
AHMEDABAD: A two-day dry run to check the preparedness of health authorities for a future nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme began on Monday in Rajkot and Gandhinagar districts of Gujarat, officials said.
Gujarat is one of the four states chosen by the Centre to conduct the mock COVID-19 vaccination drive.