Preparations underway for COVID19 vaccination dry run at Venkateshwar Hospital in Dwarka.
With the objective to gear up for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine across the country, a dry run is being conducted by all the States and UT governments from today.
According to Union Health Ministry, the objective of the dry run for COVID-19 vaccine introduction is to "assess operational feasibility in the use of COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) application in field environment, to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges and guide way forward prior to actual implementation". This is also expected to give confidence to programme managers at various levels, it said.
The massive exercise comes a day after a panel of government-appointed experts recommended approval for the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by Serum Institute of India, to the regulator Drugs Control Authority of India.
Here are some of the pictures of COVID-19 vaccination dry run:
Mock drill for COVID-19 vaccine administration underway at a healthcare centre in Manipur.
Dry run for the administration of Covid-19 vaccine is being held at Primary Hospital in Govindpur, Bhopal.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan visits GTB Hospital to review the dry run drill for administering COVID-19 vaccine.
Dry run for COVID-19 vaccine administration underway at District Hospital, Pune.
Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination administration is being conducted at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
COVID-19 vaccination dry being conducted at Primary Healthcare Centre under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation in Kolkata
Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja reviews dry run for COVID-19 administration at Government Hospital, Peroorkada in Thiruvananthapuram.
COVID-19 vaccination dry run underway at Primary Health Center in Kamakshipalya, Bengaluru.
Dry run for COVID-19 vaccine administration to be conducted in all states and Union Territories today; visuals from a healthcare centre in Daryaganj, Delhi.
Today's exercise is the second dry run being conducted in the country - the first was on December 28 and 29 in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat.