Covid vaccine dry run: prep up before the actual vaccine reaches you

New Delhi, Dec 28 : 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.