Headlines: Covid Vacciination Drive To Begin On 16 Jan, Nadia Conducts Dry Run

Headlines: Covid Vacciination Drive To Begin On 16 Jan, Nadia Conducts Dry Run Biswabrata Goswami Hummingbird News KRISHNAGAR, 8 JAN: Latest break news is just coming in now. Prime Minister has tweeted up the Pan India vaccination drive. Prime minister tweeted quoting "On 16th January, India takes a landmark step forward in fighting COVID-19. Starting that day, India’s nation-wide vaccination drive begins. Priority will be given to our brave doctors, healthcare workers, frontline workers including Safai Karamcharis. Dry run of COVID -19 vaccination took place at three hospitals in Nadia which included the district Sadar Hospital, Bishnupur rural hospital and Nabadwip state general hospital. This dry run was done to test the guidelines laid out by the Government of India (GoI) for COVID -19 vaccination roll out in the health system and assess the operational feasibility of the Co-WIN application in the field environment. This mock drill was a practice session before the start of actual vaccination, according to the official press release by the Northern Railway on Saturday. All the beneficiaries who were to be vaccinated received a SMS one day before on their registered mobiles. A team of 5 vaccination officers and on supervisor were responsible for vaccination of 25 beneficiaries. A dummy vaccine vial was used in this drill. Vaccination officer 1 was responsible for verifying the beneficiary and checking their names in the due list at the entry to the waiting area. Beneficiaries were then directed to the vaccination officer 2 (data entry operator), who cross-checked the photo Id card and entered the data in the Co-WIN app. Then, beneficiaries were then sent to the vaccination officer 3 (vaccinator) who administered the vaccine and simultaneously the vaccination status was entered in the Co-WIN portal. They were then sent to the adjacent observation room where the vaccination officer 4 observed them for about 30 minutes for any adverse event following immunisation. Full emergency facility was available on-site for proper management of any adverse event. Vaccination officer 5 was responsible for crowd management and supportive services. "This mock drill was monitored at the State and National level Monitors by MoHFW and World Health Organization (WHO) for observing the proper execution by the team, operation of the Co-WIN app and the logistics various levels," release added. #HummingbirdNews Please subscribe Hummingbird News youtube channel and hit the bell icon for all upcoming events. This channel caters news and features related with politics, crime, peoples' voice, forest, tourism, nature, culture, festivals and other aspects of life. Follow my facebook page-Hummingbird News : https://www.facebook.com/ahummingbird... Follow my tweeter account:   / gos_biswa   Follow my Hummingbird News blog : https://bggoswami.blogspot.com Email ID : [email protected] Thank you for visiting my channel.