Tamil Nadu on Saturday conducted a dry run at 17 centres for the rollout of Covid-19 vaccination
Delhi recorded 494 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the lowest daily rise in over seven months
The drill was held at 17 centres across five districts in Tamil Nadu
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Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh have contributed to nearly 62 per cent of India's active cases of the novel coronavirus
A dry run to assess the readiness of the mechanism laid out for the Covid-19 immunisation drive was conducted on Saturday in four districts of Maharashtra
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At least 25 health workers each took part in the dry run
The dry run for immunisation activity goes underway at 31 places of Odisha as part of the nation-wide exercise
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said 10 million healthcare workers and 20 million frontline workers would be given free vaccine in the first phase of the inoculation drive
Nearly 75 health workers underwent dummy vaccination at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday
A dry run of Covid-19 vaccination was underway Saturday at 46 centres in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
The number of fresh Covid-19 cases was recorded below 20,000 in India on Saturday, taking the country's caseload to 10,305,788
Telangana added 293 new cases to its coronavirus tally, which surged past 287,000 while two more fatalities pushed the toll to 1,546
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan arrived at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital here on Saturday to review the dry run of administering the COVID-19 vaccine.The dry run will be conducted by all the States and Union Territories governments from Saturday.According to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), the objective of the dry run for COVID-19 vaccine introduction is to "assess operational feasibility in the use of COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) application in a field environment, to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges and guide the way forward prior to actual implementation".In Delhi, the drive is being conducted at three locations - the Daryaganj primary health centre, the government-run Guru Teg Bahadur hospital, and the private Venkateshwara hospital.Preparation is underway for the dry run of administering the COVID19 vaccine at Area Hospital, Nampally in Hyderabad.In Maharashtra, the dry run of ...
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