Covid-19 Vaccination Dry Run Conducted Successfully in Andhra, Gujarat Begins Programme
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The Krishna district administration on Monday successfully conducted a dry run of the COVID-19 vaccination programme by carrying out various exercises that go into the actual event whenever it begins. Krishna district Collector A Md Imtiyaz, who inaugurated the dry run at the urban primary health centre at Prakash Nagar in Vijayawada, said the (dummy) vaccine was transported from the central storage facility to cold chain points at various places.
The dry run was carried out in five locations with 25 test beneficiaries (healthcare workers) for each session. We have recorded this in the Co-WIN App and sent SMSes to the chosen patients. We have monitored the time taken for different processes and the logistics involved. This will be used in real-time simulation, the Collector told reporters.
Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Dry Runs Begin In Four States
The two-day end-to-end dry run is being carried out in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Assam.
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As the country eagerly waits for a coronavirus vaccination drive in January, at least 500 intended beneficiaries in four states who had registered on the Co-WIN App were on Monday sent messages informing them about the time and place of their Covid-19 vaccination appointment under a mock-drill to administer the shots at designated centres.
The two-day end-to-end dry run is being carried out in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, in Rajkot and Gandhinagar in Gujarat, Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr) in Punjab and Sonitpur and Nalbari districts in Assam.
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COVID-19 vaccination dry run begins in Gujarat s two districts
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Published: Monday, December 28, 2020, 14:51 [IST]
Ahmedabad, Dec 28: 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.
Coronavirus vaccine: Two-day long dry run starts in Rajkot, Gandhinagar districts of Gujarat
Gujarat is one of the four states chosen by the Centre to conduct the mock COVID-19 vaccination drive
PTI | December 28, 2020 | Updated 15:59 IST
Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) has identified 125 beneficiaries in the city who will be covered during the mock drill on Tuesday
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.