In accordance with guidelines recently issued to States, the Co-WIN system, a digitized platform, will be used to track beneficiaries enlisted for vaccination and coronavirus vaccines in real time.
New Delhi: Vaccinate 100 to 200 people in each session per day, monitor them for 30 minutes after administering the injections to detect any adverse events and allow only one beneficiary at a time are some of the guidelines issued by the Center for the Covid inoculation campaign- 19.
In accordance with the guidelines issued to States recently, the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) system, a digitized platform, will be used to track beneficiaries enlisted for vaccination and coronavirus vaccines in real time. At the vaccination site, only pre-registered recipients will be vaccinated according to prioritization, and there will be no provision for on-site registrations.
States have been asked, to the extent possible, to assign a manufacturer’s vaccine to a district to avoid mixing different Covid-19 vaccines in the field. According to the ‘COVID-19 Vaccine Operational Guidelines,’ all measures should be taken to avoid exposing the vaccine carrier, vaccine vials or ice packs to direct sunlight, according to the document.
Vaccines and diluents should be kept inside the vaccine container with the lid closed until a recipient arrives at the center for vaccination. “There may be no Vaccine Vial Monitors (VVM) and the expiration date on the Covid-19 vaccine label, this should not deter vaccinators from using the vaccine. At the end of the session, the vaccine carrier with all the ice packs and unopened vaccine vials should be sent back to the cold chain distribution point, ”the guidelines stated.
States have been asked to implement a comprehensive 360-degree advocacy communication and social mobilization strategy to address the challenges surrounding the progress and benefits of vaccine launch. The Center has stated that the country is on the cusp of administering the Covid-19 vaccine, even when certain challenges must be countered in time. These may include the challenge of ensuring that more than 1.3 billion people in India receive timely and objective information and updates on the progress and benefits of the vaccine launch, anxiety, and public inquiries about the government’s decision to prioritizing vaccine administration, apprehension about introduced vaccines after a short trial raising safety concerns and fear of adverse events, misconceptions about vaccine efficacy, rumors and negative narratives in media / networking spaces social issues and the laxity observed in public adherence to appropriate Covid behavior, ”the document states.
The vaccination team would be made up of five members, he said. Each session should be planned for 100 beneficiaries per day. If the session site has adequate logistics and space available for the waiting room and observation room along with crowd management arrangements, one more vaccination officer can be added to create a session for 200 beneficiaries, indicated the guidelines. The vaccine will be offered first to healthcare workers, frontline workers, and people over 50, followed by people under 50 with associated comorbidities depending on the evolving pandemic situation, and finally the rest of the population depending on the disease. epidemiology and availability of vaccines.
The priority group over 50 years of age can be subdivided into those over 60 years of age and those aged 50 to 60 years in order to graduate implementation according to the pandemic situation and vaccine availability. “The latest electoral roll for the Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assembly election will be used to identify the population aged 50 and over,” the guidelines stated. In phase one of vaccination, it is planned to vaccinate almost 30 million inhabitants. Twelve photo identity documents, including voter ID, Aadhar card, driver’s license, passport and pension document, will be required for self-registration on the Co-WIN website, he added.
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