Revealed! How govt plans to move Covid vaccines to components of India

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With plans to conduct the most important dry run forward of COVID vaccination in India on Friday, the federal government has begun preparations for transportation of the vaccines to each nook and nook of the nation. 

The authorities has began making ready the freight carrying the vaccine vials for transportation to completely different hubs positioned throughout the nation, a report in IANS mentioned. It mentioned that the companies concerned within the vaccine roll-out programme will begin dispatching the vaccine vials from Thursday onwards. “The dispatch is expected to start late on Thursday evening or early in the day on Friday,” IANS quoted officers as saying. 

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As per the report, the vaccines from their manufacturing models will likely be transported to the central hub in Pune, and thereon, will likely be moved to regional hubs located at completely different places throughout the nation. 

IANS was instructed that Karnal in Haryana and Delhi will function regional hubs for the storage and roll-out of the vaccines within the northern a part of the nation. Chennai and Hyderabad will function regional hubs for the distribution of vaccines in southern India. For the jap half, Kolkata is designated because the distribution level, whereas the distribution within the western area of the nation will likely be coated by the central hub solely.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Health Ministry mentioned it was ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccine inside 10 days from date of emergency use authorisation, which was issued on January 3, however famous that the ultimate determination lies with the federal government.

Addressing a press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan mentioned healthcare staff and frontline staff needn’t register themselves as their database has been populated on to the Co-WIN vaccine supply administration system in a bulk method.

“Based on the feedback of dry-run, the Health Ministry is ready to introduce COVID-19 vaccine within 10 days from date of emergency use authorisation,” he mentioned.

However, whereas responding to a query on rollout, Bhushan mentioned the ultimate determination will likely be taken by the federal government.

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