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Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination in all states, UTs on January 02


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New Delhi, December 31: The Central Government has asked all States and UTs to ensure effective preparedness for the vaccine rollout.

Union Health Secretary on Today chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness at session sites for COVID-19 vaccination with Principal Secretaries (Health), NHM MDs and other health administrators of all States/UTs through video conference.

The dry run will be conducted by all the State and UT governments on 2nd January 2021.

The objective of the Dry Run for COVID-19 vaccine introduction is to assess operational feasibility in the use of Co-WIN application in the field environment, to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges and guide way forward prior to actual implementation.

For each of the three Session Sites, the concerned Medical Officer In-charge will identify 25 test beneficiaries (healthcare workers).

The States/UTs have been asked to ensure that the data of these beneficiaries is uploaded in Co-WIN.

These beneficiaries will also be available at the session site for the dry run. The States and UTs shall prepare the facilities and users to be created on CoWIN application including uploading the data of Health Care Worker beneficiaries.

A detailed checklist has been prepared by the Union Health Ministry and shared with the States/UTs to guide them in the dry run. 

 


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