Dry run held across central region ahead of vaccination for COVID 19
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Doctors of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi take part in the COVID-19 dry run on Friday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY
A mock vaccination exercise was conducted at select hospitals and primary health centres across the central districts on Friday ahead of the COVID 19 vaccination expected to be taken up soon.
The trial was conducted at the Tiruchi Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital and four other healthcare facilities in Tiruchi. The dry run was held to check the quality of the facility, the software used to register beneficiaries among other aspects.
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Collector S. Malarvizhi inspects the COVID 19 vaccination storage facility at Kasthuribhai Maternity Centre in Karur on Thursday
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Five locations in Tiruchi district have been earmarked by the district administration for the dry run of the COVID-19 vaccination to be held on Friday.
A private hospital in Ariyamangalam, urban health centre at Ramalinga Nagar, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital, Manapparai Government Hospital and the Inamkulathur Primary Health Centre have been identified, where 100 frontline workers, including doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and sanitary workers have been asked to visit between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. to rehearse and check various aspects including the protocols to be followed, the time taken for the vaccination and the facilities such as the waiting areas, entry and exit points