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.

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.

08/01/2021 20:22:59

A dry run for vaccination against COVID-19 was conducted at 36 centres in Himachal Pradesh, health officials said on Friday. Twenty-five people were administered the dummy vaccine at the centres during the dry run held on Wednesday, they said. All of them were kept under observation for half an hour.

08/01/2021 20:21:30

The second dry run of COVID-19 vaccination rollout was conducted in Goa on Friday at eight hospitals, a senior health department official said. While six of the hospitals where the mock drill was held were government-run, two others were private facilities, he said. The first dry run in Goa was conducted on January 2 along with other states.

08/01/2021 20:21:01

A dry run to assess the readiness of the mechanism laid out for the imminent COVID-19 immunisation drive, was conducted across 32 of the total 36 districts in Maharashtra on Friday, a health department official said. A similar exercise had been conducted in four other districts of the state- Nagpur, Jalna, Pune and Nandurbar- on January 2.

08/01/2021 15:44:27

Vaccination of the entire 1.3 billion population against COVID-19 in India would soon be a reality, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Friday, adding that the Centre has started a new COVID platform to track particulars of potential vaccine beneficiaries and also issue electronic certificates to them.

08/01/2021 15:01:32

Vaccination of the entire 1.3 billion population against COVID-19 in India would soon be a reality, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Friday, adding that the Centre has started a new COVID platform to track particulars of potential vaccine beneficiaries and also issue electronic certificates to them.

08/01/2021 14:43:59

Vaccination of the entire 1.3 billion population against COVID-19 in India would soon be a reality, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Friday, adding that the Centre has started a new COVID platform to track particulars of potential vaccine beneficiaries and also issue electronic certificates to them.

08/01/2021 14:43:48

All those arriving from the UK, who test positive will be isolated in an isolation facility. Negative ones will be taken to a quarantine facility for 7 days followed by 7 days home quarantine: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

08/01/2021 14:29:32

All those arriving from the UK, who test positive will be isolated in an isolation facility. Negative ones will be taken to a quarantine facility for 7 days followed by 7 days home quarantine: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

08/01/2021 14:13:13

Indian Medical Association (IMA) appreciates the contribution of all Indian scientists and researchers who developed the two indigenous COVID19 vaccines, appeals to all its members to actively participate in vaccination drive across the country.

08/01/2021 14:05:39

India continues to report low daily cases. Active caseload continues to decline as it slumps to 2.25 lakh. The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel Coronavirus, first reported in the UK, now stands at 82, says Health Ministry.

08/01/2021 13:49:48

India continues to report low daily cases. Active caseload continues to decline as it slumps to 2.25 lakh. The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel Coronavirus, first reported in the UK, now stands at 82, says Health Ministry.

08/01/2021 13:47:05

Health Minister Lauds TN Govt


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

08/01/2021 13:32:49

Both Vaccines Safe: IMA


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.

08/01/2021 10:48:17

Bharat Biotech to begin Phase-1 trials of its intranasal vaccine for COVID-19 in Feb-March


Buoyed by theEmergency Use

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.

08/01/2021 10:34:24

Why three states have been excluded from second dry run?



Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh will not be participating in this dry run as they have already conducted it in all their districts.

08/01/2021 10:33:21

India reports 18,139 new cases, 234 more fatalities



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.

08/01/2021 10:32:51

Delhi: 2nd dry run for COVID vaccination rollout begins in Delhi; AIIMS, Safdarjung, Apollo among sites



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.

08/01/2021 10:00:45

Union Health Minister On Polio Immunisation:
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.

08/01/2021 09:55:17

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan : Request the NGOs working in the field of health to help in the smooth conduct of the COVID19 vaccination program and mobilisation of beneficiaries in the best possible manner.

08/01/2021 09:54:17

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan : On January 2nd, we did dry run in almost 125 districts in the country and today, we are doing it across the country expect the three states who did it earlier.

08/01/2021 09:46:10

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

08/01/2021 09:45:29

We will give vaccine to countrymen in next few day, says Harsh Vardhan



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

08/01/2021 09:19:31

Chennai: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan visits Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital to review the dry run for administering COVID19 vaccine

08/01/2021 08:46:56

India's Second Nationwide Dry Run: 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.