Corona Vaccine 2nd Dry Run HIGHLIGHTS: 'We Should Be Able To Give Vaccine To Countrymen In Next Few Days,' Says Dr Harsh Vardhan
Covid Vaccine Dry Run Today HIGHLIGHTS: As India is gearing up to begin its mass vaccination drive after giving green signal to two vaccines, it will be conducting the second round of dry run across the country on Friday.
Tamil Nadu government and its health department deserves our highest appreciation for good work that they have been doing and are pursuing: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in Chennai
Both vaccines are safe. We have guided all our doctor to lend all the support required for the vaccination drives and help burst misinformation, says IMA National President, Dr J A Jayalal on the two indigenous Covid-19 vaccines.
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Authorisation approval from theDrug Controller General of India (DCGI)for its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin,Bharat Biotech has said Phase-1 clinical trials of its new intranasal antidote for the killer virus will begin during February-March this year.
Besides Covaxin, BharatBiotechhas been actively working on developing another vaccine, for which it tied up with Washington UniversitySchool of Medicine in St Louis for the novel "chimp-adenovirus" (Chimpanzee adenovirus), a single doseintranasalvaccine for COVID-19.
Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will not be participating in this dry run as they have already conducted it in all their districts.
India's daily new COVID-19 cases fell below 19,000 for the fifth time this month, taking the country's caseload to 1,04,13,417, while the recoveries have surged to 1,00,37,398, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Friday.
The second dry run for the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in Delhi is being conducted across several districts of the national capital on Friday, officials said.
The districts include South Delhi, South East Delhi, North West Delhi and New Delhi, they added.
The first dry run for the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out was held in Delhi on January 2 at three sites -- the GTB Hospital, Shahdara, the Urban Primary Health Centre, Daryaganj and the Venkateshwar Hospital, Dwarka.
Three-day national immunisation drive for Polio will begin on January 17. This is essential to maintain the overall immunity level of our country particularly pertaining to polio.
We've ensured that every detail is conveyed to the people from the national level to the grassroots level. Lakhs of healthcare workers trained & the process continues: Union Health Minister, on vaccine dry-run, in Chennai
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar also present
In short time, India has done well by developing vaccines... In the next few days, in the near future, we should be able to give these vaccines to our countrymen. It will be given to our healthcare professional followed by frontline workers: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
Background
Covid Vaccine Dry Run Today LIVE Updates: As India is gearing up to begin its mass vaccination drive after giving green signal to Oxford-Astrazeneca and Serum Institute’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, it will be conducting the second round of dry run across the country on Friday.
The dry-run will be a simulation of the actual execution of the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out and will be conducted in all districts across states and UTs, except UP and Haryana to ensure efficient planning and management of the immunisation process.
The government had conducted the nationwide dry run on January 2.
"The Central government is gearing up for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine across the country. Union Ministry of Health has been pro-actively carrying out the preparations for roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine, in collaboration with states and UTs and all stakeholders, over the past couple of months to ensure that the preparations for roll-out are on track," the ministry said in a statement.
How will the dry run unfold?
Each district will identify three types of session sites, similar to the previous dry run conducted on January 2, including a public health facility (district hospital/medical college), private health facility and rural or urban outreach sites.
The entire planning of the vaccination drive including beneficiary registration, microplanning and vaccination at the planned session site will be tested under the leadership of District Collector or District Magistrate during the dry run.
The dry run will also familiarize the state, district, block and hospital level officers on all aspects of the COVID vaccine roll out.
To facilitate the entire vaccination process a software named 'Co-WIN' has been developed by the health ministry for real time information on vaccine stocks, their storage temperature and individualized tracking of beneficiaries for the coronavirus vaccine.
This software will assist the programme managers across all levels in conduct of the vaccination sessions. A dedicated 24x7 call centre has also been established for technical queries of Co-WIN users. The cold chain infrastructure (like walk-in-freezers, walk-in-coolers, ice-lined refrigerators, deep freezers) along with sufficient supplies of syringes and other logistics have been ensured to begin COVID-19 vaccination drive.
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