New Delhi: The Union government has chosen eight districts in four states to conduct a two-day run of COVID-19 vaccination which begins on Monday, December 28 to 29.
The states which are going to witness the two-day dry run are Punjab, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat.
Hindustan Times (HT) quoted a senior official of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, “The dry run is being conducted to mobilize all elements involved in the Covid-19 vaccination drive that is planned for next year to test the vaccine delivery machinery. All elements except for the vaccine will be mobilized.”
The HT reported, “Two districts each from all four states have been identified to conduct this dry run simultaneously on these two days,” confirmed another official in the health ministry, who did not want to be named either.
The dry run will incorporate testing for cold stockpiling and transportation arrangement plans for the immunization, overseeing swarms at meeting locales with legitimate physical distancing, and characterizing the role of vaccinators and other staff on vaccine-related duty.
The states will focus on checking how conceivable adverse events following immunization will be managed as every meeting site will have an assigned medical services office for the individuals who feel uneasy post-immunization.
States will likewise check for adherence to contamination control works during vaccination with the goal that the site doesn’t become ground zero for disease transmission.
To regulate and aid the COVID-19 vaccine delivery process, a staggering administration mechanism has been set up across all states and association domains. There are three sorts of panels: two at the state level and one at the district level. Every one of these panels has been meeting routinely to chalk out the antibody conveyance plan at the ground level.
Explicit prepstroll-rules have been drafted for clinical officials, vaccinators, substitute vaccinators, cold chain controllers, administrators, information chiefs, Asha organizers, and all others engaged with the implementation process at various levels.
According to current estimates, the Center will utilize 29,000 cold chain points, 240 walk-in coolers, 70 walk-in coolers, 45,000 ice-lined fridges, 41, 000 profound coolers, and 300 sun based coolers the nation over for the capacity and conveyance of vaccines. All the hardware has just been given to states dependent on their necessity.
“This is going to be one of the largest vaccination drives, with a lot at stake. It is important to have all checks and balances in place before the actual process begins,” said the first official cited above.