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Prime Minister Modi to launch world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination program tomorrow


Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the world's largest COVID-19 vaccination program tomorrow morning through video conferencing. This pan India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive will cover the entire length and breadth of the country. 
 
A total of three thousand six session sites across all States and Union Territories will be virtually connected during the launch. Around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site on the inaugural day.
 
This vaccination programme is based on the principles of priority groups to be vaccinated and Health Care workers, both in government and private sectors including ICDS workers, will receive the vaccine during this phase.
 
Let's go LIVE to our correspondent who took stock of the vaccination programme scheduled to commence tomorrow at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in the National Capital.
 
1.) Anand, what are the special arrangements made at the hospital with regard to the first day of the largest vaccination drive in the world?
   


Valsa, nationwide nearly 2360 master trainers, 61 thousand programme managers and 2 lakh vaccinators have been deployed to carry out the first phase vaccination. Web Cameras have also been installed in several hospitals for centralised monitoring of the vaccination drive. In Delhi, the vaccination is to begin at 81 centres which would further be increased to around 175. All the centres including Ram Manohar Lohia have made three chambers for efficient vaccination at their site.
 
The first chamber will have people who will check the credentials of the beneficiaries from the COWIN application. Any existing diseases or issues will also be ascertained. The second chamber will be the vaccination chamber whereas the third chamber is the observation chamber.
 
Beneficiaries will be observed for 30 minutes after the vaccination for any allergic reactions. The observation chamber has all facilities and medical equipment to address any kind of emerging situation after vaccination.
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2.) Anand, How many people will be vaccinated on the first day in the Hospital and total how many healthcare professionals have been registered for vaccination in the first phase?
 
Valsa, on the first day, nearly 150 people will be administered vaccines at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in the National Capital. The hospital authorities have confirmed that in the first phase of vaccination only the health care professionals will be administered the vaccine. Nearly 7 thousand healthcare professionals including safai karmacharis and anganwadi workers have registered themselves who will be administered vaccine at this centre during the first phase. Valsa, just to apprise you that, nationwide 3 crore healthcare workers at nearly 3000 centres will be administered the COVID-19 vaccine.
 
3.) Anand, How is the transportation and storage standards of the vaccine ensured in the National Capital?

Valsa, the vaccines will reach Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in the later part of the day today. The Hospital authorities have informed that adequate storage facilities are already in place to store the vaccines. All the states and union territories have kept the vaccines in the designated cold storages to ensure their proper transportation. The vaccination programme is also using Co-WIN, an online digital platform developed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, which will facilitate real time information of vaccine stocks, storage temperature and individualized tracking of beneficiaries for COVID-19 vaccine.
 
A dedicated 24x7 call centre, 1075 has also been established for addressing the queries related to COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine rollout and the Co-WIN software.

 

 

{ With input from news agency language)

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