Covid vaccine dry run: prep up before the actual vaccine reaches you
Monday - December 28, 2020 9:18 pm ,
Category : HEALTH
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) After a year which saw an unprecedented global health crisis, many are anticipating the coronavirus vaccine, as India prepares for the inoculation campaign, which is likely to commence in January 2021. But before the actual vaccination kicks-in, a dry run has been designed for the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine. This morning, the two-day dry run for coronavirus vaccine programme kicked-off in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat and Assam.The dry run would enable linkages between planning, implementation and reporting mechanisms. It will also identify challenges and guide the way forward prior to actual implementation, including improvements that may be required in the process. Therefore, what exactly happens in a dry run? Below is an explainer of the end-to-end immunisation process:
Q What is a dry run?
It is a process to test the overall mechanism before the actual vaccination takes off. It will help in highlighting gaps and the challenges involved in the vaccination process and help the government find resolutions to these challenges before the actual vaccination begins early next year.This two-day activity will include activities from the necessary data entries in Co-WIN (a platform which will register beneficiaries) to vaccine receipt and allocation to deployment of team members, mock drill of session sites with test beneficiaries to reporting.
Q) What will dry run include?
This exercise will enable end-to-end mobilisation and testing of Covid-19 vaccination process and check the usage of Co-WIN in field environment. The government will also carry out testing of cold storage and transportation arrangements for the vaccine; and also test the allocation of vaccination site.
Q) States where this dry run will begin?
A two-day dry run for coronavirus vaccine programme commenced on Monday in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat and Assam.Q) Who will be the beneficiaries?
District or state authorities running the immunisation drive will pre-determine the beneficiaries, who would have to register on Co-Win portal and carry photo identification.Q) What will happen in dry run, would the government use the actual vaccine?
No, except the actual vaccination, the government will test all steps leading to it.Q) What happens at the vaccination site during the dry run?
According to the government SOP, a five-member vaccination team will have a main officer - who could be a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or anyone legally qualified to give an injection - helped by four others.The second officer will guard the entry point during the vaccination session and the third member will verify the documents. Crowd(IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK's Joint Coordinator K. Palaniswami on Monday said the electoral alliance for the 2021 assembly polls will be formed under his party's leadership.Talking to reporters in Coimbatore, he said that the party has announced its Chief Ministerial candidate as it has started the election campaign.He said that the alliance with BJP is continuing while the alliance will be led by the AIADMK.The AIADMK had announced Paliniswami as the Chief Ministerial candidate.Party leaders have also said those parties which are seeking an alliance with them will have to accept Palaniswami as the Chief Ministerial candidate.On the other hand, the BJP's state leaders are saying that as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), its national leadership will announce the Chief Ministerial candidate.Such a stand has irked the AIADMK leaders.Incidentally, the BJP fought the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu under the leadership of the AIADMK.Barring one Lok Sabha seat that was won by the AIADMK, the alliance led by it had lost all the remaining 38 seats in the state.Palaniswami said the alliance that was formed during the Lok Sabha polls still continues.
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Q What is a dry run?
It is a process to test the overall mechanism before the actual vaccination takes off. It will help in highlighting gaps and the challenges involved in the vaccination process and help the government find resolutions to these challenges before the actual vaccination begins early next year.This two-day activity will include activities from the necessary data entries in Co-WIN (a platform which will register beneficiaries) to vaccine receipt and allocation to deployment of team members, mock drill of session sites with test beneficiaries to reporting.
Q) What will dry run include?
This exercise will enable end-to-end mobilisation and testing of Covid-19 vaccination process and check the usage of Co-WIN in field environment. The government will also carry out testing of cold storage and transportation arrangements for the vaccine; and also test the allocation of vaccination site.
Q) States where this dry run will begin?
A two-day dry run for coronavirus vaccine programme commenced on Monday in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat and Assam.Q) Who will be the beneficiaries?
District or state authorities running the immunisation drive will pre-determine the beneficiaries, who would have to register on Co-Win portal and carry photo identification.Q) What will happen in dry run, would the government use the actual vaccine?
No, except the actual vaccination, the government will test all steps leading to it.Q) What happens at the vaccination site during the dry run?
According to the government SOP, a five-member vaccination team will have a main officer - who could be a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or anyone legally qualified to give an injection - helped by four others.The second officer will guard the entry point during the vaccination session and the third member will verify the documents. Crowd(IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK's Joint Coordinator K. Palaniswami on Monday said the electoral alliance for the 2021 assembly polls will be formed under his party's leadership.Talking to reporters in Coimbatore, he said that the party has announced its Chief Ministerial candidate as it has started the election campaign.He said that the alliance with BJP is continuing while the alliance will be led by the AIADMK.The AIADMK had announced Paliniswami as the Chief Ministerial candidate.Party leaders have also said those parties which are seeking an alliance with them will have to accept Palaniswami as the Chief Ministerial candidate.On the other hand, the BJP's state leaders are saying that as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), its national leadership will announce the Chief Ministerial candidate.Such a stand has irked the AIADMK leaders.Incidentally, the BJP fought the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu under the leadership of the AIADMK.Barring one Lok Sabha seat that was won by the AIADMK, the alliance led by it had lost all the remaining 38 seats in the state.Palaniswami said the alliance that was formed during the Lok Sabha polls still continues.
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