Chandigarh vaccine dry run tomorrow
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Chandigarh, December 31
The UT Administration will conduct a dry run for the Covid-19 vaccination programme on January 2.
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As per the Centre’s instructions, the UT will conduct the dry run to check the preparedness of the Health Department for the vaccination programme. The department has already selected a few sites for the mock drive, which will test the mechanism for the programme. During the exercise, each site will have 25 pre-registered persons on the CoWIN portal, called through an SMS. They will be verified, “mock-vaccinated” and observed for 30 minutes before being allowed to leave.
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The process will provide an insight into gaps or lacunae in vaccine distribution and administration, if any, so that these can be addressed before rolling out the vaccination drive. —TNS
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