India ready for world's largest vaccination drive

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.

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