COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out - India Update January 3rd, 2020

▴ COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out - India Update January 3rd, 2020
In a massive country-wide exercise, a Mock Drill on COVID19 Vaccine administration held in all States and UTs at 286 session sites spread across 125 districts

India continues to scale several peaks in its fight against the COVID19 pandemic. As the country readies for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) has been pro-actively involved in the preparations for this roll-out over the past couple of months to ensure that the preparations for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine are on track, in close collaboration with the States/UTs and other stakeholders.

In a massive nation-wide exercise today, an end-to-end mock drill on the vaccine administration was conducted today in all States and UTs at  286 session sites spread across 125 districts. Each District conducted the dry run at three sites or more which included a public health facility (District Hospital/Medical College), Private Health Facility, and rural or urban outreach sites. All the State & District officials were trained on the Operational Guidelines and for conducting the dry-run. This dry run was aimed at testing the laid out mechanisms for COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in the health system and to assess operational feasibility of using Co-WIN application in a field environment for planning, implementation and reporting at the block, district and state level.  The dry run was also conducted to familiarize the State, District, Block and Hospital level officers on all aspects of COVID-19 roll out.

The States/UTs conducted the dry run from 9:00 am across the country, in a seamless manner. The activities starting from beneficiary data upload, session site allocation & micro-planning, vaccine allocation, session site management with test beneficiaries, reporting mechanism etc. were covered in this one-day dry run to execute the nearest possible simulation of the actual day. The preparation to handle any Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) at all session sites and functionality of the Call Centers was also tested.  The dry run was supervised by the District collectors. This dry run ended with debriefing meetings at the district and the state level to discuss the issues and challenges encountered during the day. MoHFW was in constant touch with the States throughout the day to seek feedback on their experience. The States/UTs have expressed complete satisfaction on the successful conduct of the dry run which included the operational process and its linkages with the Co-WIN Software.

The Co-WIN software has been developed by MoHFW for real-time information of vaccine stocks, their storage temperature and individualized tracking of beneficiaries for COVID-19 vaccine.  This software will assist the programme managers across all levels through automated session allocation for pre-registered beneficiaries, their verification and a digital certificate will be generated upon successful completion of the vaccine schedule.  More than 75 lakh beneficiaries have been registered on Co-WIN software till date.

The cold chain infrastructure is sufficient to ensure last-mile delivery of COVID-19 vaccine in a temperature-controlled environment across the country. Sufficient supplies of syringes and other logistics have also been ensured to begin COVID-19 vaccination drive. Around 1,14,100 vaccinators have been trained on the process to be followed at the vaccination sites which includes beneficiary verification, vaccination, cold chain & logistics management, Bio-Medical Waste management, AEFI management and uploading the information on Co-WIN software.

The entire operational planning and IT platform have been field-tested in four states which include Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Punjab and Gujarat on 28th and 29th Dec’20; and on the basis of feedback received, minor enhancements have been made in the IT system.

The details of the Districts and sites where the dry run was conducted are as follows:

Locations for Dry Run scheduled on 2nd January 2021

S. No.

State

No of Districts

No of session Sites

District

No. of Session Sites

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

1

2

South Andaman

2

2

Andhra Pradesh

13

39

Srikakulam

3

Vizianagaram

3

Visakhapatnam

3

East Godavari

3

West Godavari

3

Krishna

3

Guntur

3

Prakasam

3

Nellore

3

Chittor

3

Kadapa

3

Ananthpur

3

Kurnool

3

3

Arunachal Pradesh

1

2

Itanagar

2

4

Assam

3

3

Guwahati

1

Kamrup

1

Khanapara

1

5

Bihar

3

9

Patna

3

Jamui

3

West Champaran

3

6

Chandigarh

1

3

Chandigarh

3

7

Chhattisgarh

7

21

Bilaspur

3

Gourella-Pendra-Marvahi

3

Raipur

3

Surguja

3

Bastar

3

Rajnandgaon

3

Durg

3

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

1

3

DNH

3

9

Delhi

3

3

Central District

1

Shahdara

1

South West

1

10

Goa

1

3

Goa

3

11

Gujarat

4

12

Dahod

3

Bhavnagar Corporation

3

Valsad

3

Anand

3

12

Haryana

1

4

Panchkula

4

13

Himachal Pradesh

1

3

Shimla

3

14

Jammu & Kashmir

3

9

Shrinagar

3

Jammu

3

Kulgam

3

15

Jharkhand

6

13

Ranchi

3

Simdega

2

East Singhbhum

2

Pakur

2

Chatra

2

Palamu

2

16

Karnataka

5

16

Shivmoga

3

Bengaluru

4

Belgavi

3

Mysuru

3

Kalburgi

3

17

Kerala

4

6

Thiruvanthpuram

3

Idukki

1

Palakkad

1

Wayanad

1

18

Ladakh

1

3

Ladakh

3

19

Lakshadweep

1

1

Kavarati

1

20

Madhya Pradesh

1

3

Bhopal

3

21

Maharashtra

4

12

Pune

3

Nagpur

3

Jalna

3

Nandurbar

3

22

Manipur

2

10

Imphal West

5

 

Thoubal

5

23

Meghalaya

2

5

East Khasi Hills

4

 

 

West Garo Hills

1

24

Mizoram

1

2

Aizwal

2

25

Nagaland

1

3

Dimapur

3

26

Odisha

31

31

31 Districts

31

27

Puducherry

4

9

Puducherry

4

Karaikal

3

Mahe

1

Yanam

1

28

Punjab

1

3

Patiala

3

29

Rajasthan

7

19

Bhilwara

2

Jaipur

4

Karauli

2

Ajmer

2

Banswara

4

Jodhpur

2

Bikaner

3

30

Sikkim

1

1

Gangtok

1

31

Tamil Nadu

4

11

Chennai

3

Nilgiri

3

Tiruneveli

3

Poonamallei HUD

2

32

Telanagana

2

7

Hyderabad

4

Mahabubnagar

3

33

Tripura

1

3

Agartala (West Tripura)

3

34

Uttar Pradesh

1

6

Lucknow

6

35

Uttarakhand

1

3

Dehradun

3

36

West Bengal

1

3

24 Parganas

3

 

TOTAL

125

286

 

286

*****

Tags : #CovidVaccine #CoronavirusVaccine #CoWin #MoHFW #Covishield #CovidVaccineDryRun #AEFIManagement #IndiaCovidVaccineNewsUpdate

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