Health care workers of SMDCH & SMCH to be vaccinated from 16 January

Jan. 15: Along with the rest of the country, COVID-19 vaccination drive will begin in Cachar district also on 16 January, 2021. During the day, the Covid vaccine will be administered among the Health Care Workers of SM Dev Civil Hospital, Silchar (SMDCH) and Silchar Medical College Hospital (SMCH). This was informed by Dr. Ibrahim Ali Ahmed, District Surveillance Officer (DSO), IDSP, Cachar on Thursday night.

As per reports, a total  of 11,710 no.of covid warriors will get the vaccine in 25 covid vaccination centres in Cachar District from Saturday. After 28 days, they will get the 2nd dose.

On Tuesday evening, the first consignment of 2.40 lakh vials of Covishield vaccine for Assam and Meghalaya had landed at the LGBI airport. A total of 20 boxes having vaccine close to 2,40,000 doses was delivered at the Guwahati airport, out of which 17 are for Assam and three for Meghalaya, and each box has 12,000 doses of the vaccine.

The second consignment of 36,000 doses of the vaccine from Bharat Biotech arrived at Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport, Borjhar in Guwahati on Wednesday morning. A freighter from Hyderabad brought the second consignment of three boxes (each box containing 12,000 doses) for Assam.

As India prepares for the mega vaccine drive, the two covid vaccines have reached different cities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick-off Covid-19 vaccination drive at 10.30 AM on 16 January, 2021 as the country initiates the world’s largest vaccination programme. On the same day, PM Modi will also officially launch the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) app. It is a digital platform created by the Union Health Ministry for real-time monitoring of COVID-19 vaccine delivery and distribution.

Some 3 lakh health workers will receive shots on the first day. The vaccination drive will begin with 3,006 sites that will be virtually connected during the launch. Each centre will inoculate 100 people a day to begin with. A 24×7 call centre – 1075 – has also been established for addressing questions related to the pandemic, the vaccine rollout and the Co-WIN software.

Priority will be given to the healthcare workers and the frontline workers, estimated to be around 3 crore, followed by those above 50 years and the under-50 population groups with co-morbidities numbering around 27 crore. The full initial procurement of 1.65 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines – Covishield and Covaxin– has been allocated to all states and UTs in proportion to their healthcare workers database.