Covid-19 vaccination dry run in Punjab successful: Balbir Singh Sidhu
While Covishield and Covaxin have been approved by DCGI for the emergency use approval, the nation is on the verge of Covid-19 vaccination. Meanwhile, Punjab is all set to administer the COVID-19 vaccine as and when it is received, said Balbir Singh Sidhu, Health Minister Punjab.
After the conduct of COVID-19 vaccination dry-run at District Hospital, phase 6 Mohali, the Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu informed that the COVID-19 Vaccine Dry-Run has been successful statewide with requisite men and material in place.
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“All logistics have been worked out and we are good to go,” said he. Simulation of the entire inoculation process was conducted; staff has been familiarized with all the aspects of the actual administration of the vaccine. The operational aspects have been thoroughly reviewed and the feasibility of CoWIN Portal has been monitored.
As of now, we have 1000 trained vaccinators and as many as four supporting team members per vaccinator are ready for the job. “As of now State is equipped enough to administer 4 lac doses of vaccine per day,” informed Sidhu.
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He informed that the vaccine would be administered only with the consent of the pre-registered recipient/beneficiary and in the first phase of vaccination, 1.6 lakh Health Care Workers (HCWs) from private and public facilities would be inoculated followed by frontline corona warriors including police, revenue officials and other field staff and subsequently the elderly and population with co-morbidities.
The Minister informed that he is in touch with Union Health Minister and he took up the issue to provide the COVID vaccine free of cost to all states.
-PTC News
