Inrun up to almost final allocation of corona vaccine, the Punjab Governmenttoday successfully completed the dry run in 12 sites of two districts Ludhianaand Nawanshahr.
TheHealth Minister Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu said that as many as 25 Beneficiarieshave been identified from among Health Workers as beneficiaries and theirrequired data uploaded on portal created for dry run by GoI. He said thatsession sites uploaded on portal which linked with cold chain points fordelivery of vaccine (dummy).
Givingdetails about teams deputed for vaccination program, he said that vaccinatorand 4 additional team members identified and vaccination teams were allocatedvaccination sites at all 12 sites as per micro-plan finalized for the program.He said that team of supervisors were also appointed to overview the firstphase of dry run so as to ensure the smooth run of all activities as per SOPs.
Beneficiariesallocated vaccination sites and they received sms successfully informing themdate, time and place of vaccination and AEFI management centres identified andlinked with vaccination sites, he added.
Mr.Sidhu divulged that on 29th December, lists of beneficiaries will be printedand provided to vaccination teams. Beneficiaries will come physically and theywill be verified in the portal. They will follow the process and wait for 30minutes. He said that arrangement of biomedical waste management is also madein place. 104 Helpline was tested making a phone call and correct informationwas provided by help line operators to all beneficiaries.