Harsh Vardhan visits Delhi’s GTB hospital to assessment dry run drill of COVID-19 vaccine

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan arrived at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital on Saturday to assessment the dry run of administering the COVID-19 vaccine.
He appealed folks to not take note of rumours relating to the covid vaccine. He additional ensured the security and efficacy of vaccine saying that it’s “our priority.”
He additionally talked about concerning the rumours that was unfold in the course of the polio immunisation.

I attraction to folks to not pay heed to rumours. Ensuring security & efficacy of vaccine is our precedence. Different sorts of rumours had been unfold throughout polio immunisation however folks took the vaccine & India is now polio-free: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on COVID-19 vaccine pic.twitter.com/Ig1fThd0Gc
— ANI (@ANI) January 2, 2021

The dry run will likely be carried out by all of the States and Union Territories governments from Saturday.
According to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), the target of the dry run for COVID-19 vaccine introduction is to “assess operational feasibility in the use of COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) application in a field environment, to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges and guide the way forward prior to actual implementation”.

Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan visits GTB Hospital to assessment the dry run drill for administering COVID-19 vaccine. pic.twitter.com/5UCEzdv4Va
— ANI (@ANI) January 2, 2021

In Delhi, the drive is being carried out at three areas – the Daryaganj major well being centre, the government-run Guru Teg Bahadur hospital, and the personal Venkateshwara hospital.

Watch Now! Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan evaluations dry run of administering #COVID19vaccine at GTB Hospital, Delhi. @PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA https://t.co/yCcWhfEB6D
— DrHarshVardhanWorkplace (@DrHVoffice) January 2, 2021

Preparation is underway for the dry run of administering the COVID19 vaccine at Area Hospital, Nampally in Hyderabad.

In Maharashtra, the dry run of administering the COVID19 vaccine will likely be carried out at District Hospital in Pune.
“Data of healthcare workers from Maharashtra has been uploaded on CoWIN,” mentioned District Civil Surgeon.
The first spherical of the dry run was carried out in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Punjab on 28-29 December 2020 in two districts every the place five-session websites with 25 beneficiaries every had been recognized. No main points had been noticed within the operational facets throughout this dry run. All States expressed confidence within the operational pointers and IT platform for giant scale programme implementation.