Steel City to have a Covid-19 vaccine storage facility soon

Within a week of Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying down the roadmap for the Covid-19 vaccine in India during his meeting with the chief ministers of various states, the health authority of Singhbhum district, have sprung into action.

They are now converting a godown into a massive vaccine storage facility in Steel City.

Located at the Old Civil Surgeon office premise, on Dhalbhum Road in Sakchi, this facility will be having a walk-in cooler and a walk-in fridge.

“We are setting up a storage facility as per the instruction and guidelines of the Union Health Ministry. The facility will be up by the end of December,” said district civil surgeon, Rajendra Nath Jha while talking to The Telegraph Online.

He maintained that the vaccine for Covid-19 will be available anytime in January 2021. Hence the government of India has instructed all of them to have a storage facility with a cold chain maintenance system ready by the end of the month so when the vaccine consignment reaches Jamshedpur, then they don’t face any problem.

When asked about the capacity of the storage facility stated that he couldn’t comment on the same as the size of the vaccine’s vial has not been specified.

“We are converting a godown measuring 20 ft by 10 ft at the old civil surgeon office premises into the storage facility. It will have a walk-in cooler and walk-in fridge in it. It aims to stock the vaccine needed for the entire East Singhbhum district,” said the civil surgeon.

Interestingly, at a time when the district health officials are gearing up for a vaccination drive against Covid-19, the number of cases is continuing to drop.