LIVE UPDATES: Dry run for COVID19 vaccine as we speak in 116 districts throughout 259 websites

New Delhi: The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on Saturday stated that the dry run for COVID19 vaccine administration will likely be performed in all States/Union Territories as we speak in 116 districts throughout 259 websites.
According to Union Health Ministry, 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 field environment, to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges and guide way forward prior to actual implementation”. This can be anticipated to offer confidence to programme managers at numerous ranges, it stated.
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Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain will attend the vaccine trial program (Dry Run) performed by the Union Health Ministry on the Maternity ND Child Welfare (MCW) centre in Daryaganj right here at 10 am on Saturday.

Maharashtra: Dry run of administering the #COVID19 vaccine will likely be performed at District Hospital, Pune, as we speak
“Data of healthcare workers from Maharashtra has been uploaded on CoWIN,” says District Civil Surgeon. pic.twitter.com/UjSfxGw4xK
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Hyderabad: Preparations underway for dry run of administering the #COVID19 vaccine at Area Hospital, Nampally pic.twitter.com/DDVuWwaI6J
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Dry run for COVID-19 vaccine administration to be performed in all states and Union Territories as we speak; visuals from a healthcare centre in Daryaganj, Delhi. pic.twitter.com/0QlMKxU0CP
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Preparations underway for COVID19 vaccination dry run to be performed at Hyderabad’s Gandhi Hospital as we speak
Vaccination drill will likely be performed in all States and Union Territories as we speak. pic.twitter.com/BMFskJ37Vr
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#COVID19 vaccination drill to be performed at Government Multispeciality Hospital in Chandigarh as we speak.
Dry run for #COVID19 vaccine administration is being performed in all States/UTs as we speak in 116 districts throughout 259 websites. pic.twitter.com/Oy8cicBigV
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The exercise is proposed to be performed in all State Capitals in at the very least 3 session websites. Some States may also embrace districts which are located in troublesome terrain/have poor logistical help. Maharashtra and Kerala are prone to schedule the dry run in main cities aside from their Capital.

In Delhi, the drive will likely be performed at three areas – the Daryaganj main well being centre, the government-run Guru Teg Bahadur hospital, and the non-public Venkateshwara hospital.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had on Friday chaired a high-level assembly to evaluate preparedness at session websites throughout the nation for COVID-19 vaccination trial run on Saturday and stated similar to preparations throughout elections, every member of medical groups needs to be skilled responsibly.
The minister urged each official to make sure that the vaccination websites and officers in-charge abide by the detailed guidelines and Standard Operating Protocols (SOPs) for vaccination that has been ready by the Union Health Ministry.

Referring to Pulse Polio drive in Delhi in 1994, Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that because the train of vaccination is integrally primarily based on interplay and involvement of individuals, related stakeholders, NGOs and Civil Society Organization (CSOs) should be mobilised.
During the dry run, for every of the three-session websites, the involved Medical Officer In-charge will determine 25 check beneficiaries (healthcare employees). The States/UTs have been requested to make sure that the information of those beneficiaries is uploaded in Co-WIN. These beneficiaries may also be obtainable on the session website for the dry run. The States and UTs shall put together the services and customers to be created on CoWIN software together with importing the information of Health Care Worker (HCW) beneficiaries.
As the vaccine directors will play an essential function within the vaccination course of, coaching of trainers and those that shall administer the vaccine has been taken up throughout numerous States, the Health Ministry stated in an announcement issued on Thursday.

“Around 96,000 vaccinators have been trained for this purpose. 2,360 participants have been trained in National Training of Trainers and over 57,000 participants trained in District level training in 719 districts. States are augmenting the State helpline 104 (which shall be used in addition to 1075) for any vaccine/software related query. Orientation and capacity building of the Call Centre executives has taken place in the States/UTs. States were also encouraged to use the FAQs issued by the Health Ministry proactively to address any such query,” it stated.
The first spherical of the dry run was performed in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Punjab on 28-29 December, 2020 in two districts every the place 5 session websites with 25 beneficiaries every had been recognized. No main points had been noticed within the operational elements throughout this dry run. All States expressed confidence within the operational tips and IT platform for big scale programme implementation.