Another mock drill on COVID-19 vaccine administration throughout India on 8 Jan

Jan. 6: The Central Government is gearing up for the roll out of COVID-19 vaccine across the country. Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) has been pro-actively carrying out the preparations for roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine, in collaboration with States/UTs and all stakeholders, over the past couple of months to ensure that the preparations for roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine are on track.

Two COVID vaccines have been given emergency use authorisation by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) recently. The roll out of COVID-19 vaccine is expected to begin in the near future. This milestone entails the need for testing of all planned mechanisms for conducting the vaccination drive in the country.

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Another Mock Drill on #COVID19 #Vaccine administration to be conducted in all States/UTs on 8th January 2021.https://t.co/EeFT8aAXah pic.twitter.com/8x0ByqUdFF

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) January 6, 2021

As a simulation of actual execution, another round of dry run/mock drill in all 700+ districts of all States/UTs (except UP and Haryana who have already conducted/ will be conducting the dry run in all districts on 5th January and 7th January respectively) is planned on 8 January, 2021 to ensure efficient planning and management for vaccine delivery in each district of all States/UTs. Each district will identify three types of session sites, similar to the previous dry run including a public health facility (District Hospital/Medical College), private health facility and rural or urban outreach sites.

In this regard, a meeting of Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan with the State/UT Health Ministers is scheduled on 7 January, 2021 to guide States/UTs on the conduct of dry run. Around 1.7 lakh vaccinators and 3 lakh vaccination team members trained in vaccine administration till now.