Bengal all set for COVID-19 vaccine dry run
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Published: Saturday, January 2, 2021, 10:20 [IST]
Kolkata, Jan 02: West Bengal is all set to go for the COVID vaccination mock drill on Saturday as a part of the Centre s decision to test across the country the preparedness of the authorities before launching the actual vaccination programme, a health department official said.
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The dry run will be held at Urban Primary Health Centres at Duttabad and Madhyagram and at Amdanga Rural Hospital in North 24 Parganas district. In each centre, 25 health workers will participate in the dry run.
As it came closer to the roll-out of the first COVID-19 vaccine, India held a dry run by all states and union territories on Saturday in preparation for a massive vaccination drive, with Health Minister Harsh Vardhan appealing to people not to be misguided by rumours and disinformation regarding the safety and efficacy of coronavirus vaccine. Vardhan said that free vaccine would be provided in the first phase to the most prioritised beneficiaries, including one crore healthcare and two crore frontline workers. He said the details of how 27 crore priority beneficiaries those above 50 years of age and those below it having comorbidities would be vaccinated until July were being finalised.
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As it came closer to the roll-out of the first Covid-19 vaccine, India held a dry run by all states and Union Territories on Saturday in preparation for a massive vaccination drive, with health minister Harsh Vardhan appealing to people not to be misguided by rumours and disinformation regarding the safety and efficacy of coronavirus vaccine.
Vardhan said that free vaccine would be provided in the first phase to the most prioritised beneficiaries, including one crore healthcare and two crore frontline workers. He said the details of how 27 crore priority beneficiaries those above 50 years of age and those below it having comorbidities would be vaccinated until July were being finalised.
India rehearses for massive coronavirus vaccination drive; Harsh Vardhan assures people on safety of vaccine
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Vardhan said that free vaccine would be provided in the first phase to the most prioritised beneficiaries, including one crore healthcare and two crore frontline workers.
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As it came closer to the roll-out of the first COVID-19 vaccine, India held a dry run by all states and union territories on Saturday in preparation for a massive vaccination drive, with Health Minister Harsh Vardhan appealing to people not to be misguided by rumours and disinformation regarding the safety and efficacy of coronavirus vaccine.