Dry run for Covid-19 vax conducted successfully in 4 states

New Delhi, Dec 29 : The two-day dry run for the Covid-19 vaccination in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat has been successfully conducted, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday.
The end-to-end dry run was conducted in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, Rajkot and Gandhinagar districts in Gujarat, Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar in Punjab and Sonitpur and Nalbari districts in Assam on December 28 and 29.
The District Collector with engagement of district and block task force were made responsible for conducting the dry run and were expected to provide insights on any gaps or bottle-necks during the actual conduct of vaccination.
Specific teams were formed for various tasks by the district administration and activities such as uploading of dummy beneficiary’s data, session site creation, vaccine allocation, communication of vaccination details to vaccinators and beneficiaries and beneficiary mobilisation were carried out.
Field feedback on the first day of the run was reviewed today through video conferencing with state and district programme officers by Joint Secretary (Public Health). All states expressed satisfaction in terms of the operational approach and use of IT platform to ensure transparency and effective monitoring of vaccination processes expected to cover a large number of people across the country.
Additional suggestions on the IT platform were also noted for further enhancement of Co-WIN platform. Detailed insights and feedback so obtained will help enrich the operational guidelines and IT platform and will strengthen the Covid-19 vaccination roll out plan, the ministry said in statement.