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.
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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