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Covid Vaccine: Dry run from today in Patiala, Panchkula
In Haryana, the dry run will be held in Panchkula, state's Director General (Health Services) Dr Suraj Bhan Kamboj said.
The Punjab and Haryana government will conduct a two-day dry run for Covid-19 vaccination in Patiala and Panchkula districts, respectively beginning Saturday.
Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said the state government will conduct the drive in Patiala on January 2 and 3 at Government Medical College; Sadhbhavna Hospital; and the Community Health Centre in Shatrana. The UNDP and WHO will be supporting the drive, he said.
The dry run is aimed at testing the laid out mechanisms for Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in the health system, which will provide insights on any gaps or bottlenecks so that those could be addressed before the commencement of the drive.
In Haryana, the dry run will be held in Panchkula, state's Director General (Health Services) Dr Suraj Bhan Kamboj said.
The drive will be held at three sites, officials said. For each of the three sites, the medical officer in-charge will identify 25 beneficiaries (healthcare workers), the Centre had said.
Earlier, the Centre had said a dry run will be conducted by all state and union territories on January 2 to test the linkages between planning and implementation, and to identify the challenges. The states and UTs have been asked to ensure that the data of beneficiaries is uploaded on Co-WIN, an online platform for monitoring the delivery of the vaccine.
Earlier, a two-day dry run for the distribution and administration of the vaccine in two districts of Punjab concluded on Tuesday. The districts of Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr) had been selected for the dry run, aimed at testing the laid out mechanisms for the vaccination roll-out in the health system.
Before Saturday's nationwide exercise, the earlier dry run drill had been planned by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Gujarat.
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