Even as India moves forward to roll out the Coronavirus vaccine, the country successfully completed its Coronavirus vaccination dry run yesterday. In a massive nation-wide exercise, an end-to-end drill was conducted in all States and Union Territories at 286 session sites spread across 125 districts.
Even as India moves forward to roll out the Coronavirus vaccine, the country successfully completed its Coronavirus vaccination dry run yesterday. In a massive nation-wide exercise, an end-to-end drill was conducted in all States and Union Territories at 286 session sites spread across 125 districts.
Here are the key highlights of the massive operation:
* More than 75 lakh beneficiaries have been registered on Co-WIN software till date.
* Each of the 125 districts conducted the dry run at three sites or more which included a public health facility, private health facility, and rural or urban outreach sites.
* Cold chain infrastructure is sufficient to ensure last-mile delivery of the vaccine in a temperature-controlled environment across the country.
* The Union Health ministry's Co-WIN software operated seamlessly in the drill, providing real-time information of vaccine stocks, their storage temperature and individualized tracking of beneficiaries for COVID-19 vaccine.
* Sufficient supplies of syringes and other logistics have also been ensured.
* Around 1,14,100 vaccinators have been trained on the process to be followed at the vaccination sites. This includes beneficiary verification, vaccination, cold chain and logistics management, bio-medical waste management, Adverse Events Following Immunization management and uploading the information on Co-WIN software.