A trial of the Covid-19 vaccination program will be conducted in four states to test planned operations and established mechanisms for the coronavirus inoculation campaign.
The tests will take place today (December 28) and tomorrow (December 29) in Punjab, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, a day after recording the lowest daily cases of Covid-19 in almost six months.
Two districts in each of these four states in the four areas of India will assess your readiness in five different types of medical settings: district hospitals, public health and community centers, urban and rural areas, and private facilities.
Importantly, the Union Ministry of Health has said that the fictitious unit will include the necessary data entry in Co-WIN, which is the online platform for monitoring vaccine delivery, receipt and assignment of tests, deployment of team members, mock mock session sites with test. beneficiaries, as well as reporting and evening meeting.
The Covid-19 inoculation campaign will focus on:
1) The full Center for Covid-19 Vaccination trial will also focus on the management of any potential post-vaccination adverse events, cold storage and transportation arrangements, and crowd management at session sites with physical distance adequate.
2) “This exercise will enable end-to-end mobilization and testing of the Covid-19 vaccination process (except vaccine) and will test the use of Co-WIN in the field setting, the links between planning mechanisms, implementation and reporting, will identify challenges and guide the way forward before actual implementation, including any improvements that may be needed in the planned process, “the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
3) In addition, infection control practices will be followed at the site to prevent transmission of the coronavirus.
Detailed checklist shared with 4 states
A detailed checklist, prepared by the Ministry of Health, has been shared with the four states conducting the trial.
The Andhra Pradesh government chose the Krishna district for the trial, where it will take place in five locations, according to Health Commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar.
“We are testing the cold chain readiness, the COVIN software and the vaccination program across 25 beneficiaries,” Dr. Srihari, deputy director of the State Immunization Program, told the news agency. AND ME.
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In Punjab, the districts of Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar have been selected where the coronavirus immunization trial will take place.
According to the recommendations of the National Group of Experts on the Administration of Coronavirus Vaccines (NEGVAC), three priority population groups are health workers (approximately 1 crore), frontline workers (approximately 2 crore) and the prioritized age group (approximately 27 crore).
After the drill, the State Working Group will review a report prepared, which will be presented to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
India, the second country most affected by the new coronavirus pandemic, has seen a steady decline in its daily infections amid an increase in cases in Europe, the Americas and some African countries.
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