Covid vaccine dry run in Karnataka’s 5 districts on Saturday

Bengaluru, Jan 1 : Karnataka braces for Covid vaccine dry run in five districts, including Bengaluru across the state on Saturday, an official said on Friday.
“A dry run for Covid vaccination will be conducted in five districts – Belagavi, Bengaluru, Kalaburagi, Mysuru and Shivamogga across the state, as directed by the Union Health Ministry to streamline logistics for supplying the medicine when rolled out commercially soon,” a state health official told IANS here.
In this tech hub, the city’s civic corporation has identified three primary health centres (PHCs) for the mock exercise of the mega immunization programme.
“Arrangements have been made to conduct the vaccine dry run in three PHCs across the city, with training to 25 health workers in each centre for the programme,” said Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) administrator Gaurva Gupta.
The dry run will be held at Kamashipalya centre in the city’s west zone, Vidyapeetha centre in south zone and Hargade centre at Anekal in the urban district’s southern region.
“We have lined up 1,517 PHCs across the city for the actual vaccine inoculation from January-end or early February,” said Gupta in a statement here.