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Nationwide dry run on January 8; Government gets ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccine

Each district will face three-phase of session sites, similar to the previous dry run which included sites like District Hospital or Medical College.

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Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. (Photo: ANI)
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Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan is scheduled to hold a video conference on Thursday to check the readiness for another nationwide dry run to administer the COVID-19 vaccine with the health ministers of all the states and Union Territories. The nationwide dry run is set to take place on 8 January.

The government is getting ready for the rollout the COVID-19 vaccine across the country. As a simulation of actual execution, another round of dry runs will now be conducted in all 700-plus districts of all states and UTs, except Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, on Friday.

Each district will face three-phase of session sites, similar to the previous dry run which included sites like a District Hospital or Medical College, public health facilities, private health facility and rural or urban outreach sites.

This activity will help the concerned authorities to co-ordinate with one another to carry out a smooth implementation of the vaccination drive. 

It will help administrators in strengthening the links between planning, implementation, and reporting mechanisms, identification of any remaining challenges before the actual implementation and to provide confidence to the program managers at all levels to ensure the smooth rolling out of the COVID-19 vaccine.

To execute the entire dry run vaccine roll-out, a software – ‘Co-WIN’ – has been developed by the Health Ministry for information of vaccine stocks, their storage temperature, and individualized tracking of beneficiaries for Covid-19 vaccine.

A 24x7 call centre has also been established for technical questions around Co-WIN users. This software will assist the program managers across all levels in the conduct of the vaccination sessions.

On January 2, almost all states and Union Territory had conducted dry run at 285 session sites spread across 125 districts to assess ability and readiness of authorities to administer shots to hundreds of millions of people, including many in remote corners of the country.

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