Another dry run for the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out was held at the Hindu Rao Hospital and a few other civic facilities in the city on Wednesday.
North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash also inspected the preparations for corona vaccination at Hindu Rao Hospital during the dry run. Mayor himself participated in the dry run of the Corona vaccination.
He said that North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Hospitals are fully prepared for the Corona vaccination for which dry run had been carried out at Hindu Rao Hospital and Kasturba Hospital of North DMC.
Prakash said that the long wait for the Corona vaccine in India has over now, the Prime Minister of our country deserves commendation for the indigenous vaccine of Covid-19. He said that scientists of our country have successfully researched and formulated the indigenous vaccine within only 10 months of period and now we are on the way to become a Corona-free nation.
He said that only a few nations are in this world who have got success in the field and India is one of them, it is a matter of pride for all Indians.
Prakash said that NDMC is following all the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health, Government of India for the vaccine in the dry run process. In the reception area in the hospitals, a waiting zone has been made, where people will come and after verification of their names through CoWIN app, they will be taken one by one for vaccination.
Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network or CoWIN app and its ecosystem will be used to manage and scale up the massive vaccination drive that is expected to begin soon across the country.
“An emergency room is there and people will be told about the vaccine and its probable side effects before vaccination, and will be under observation if they exhibit any complications," Prakash said.
Both the hospitals fall under the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
“Hindu Rao has 900 beds and the Swine Flu ward, having 50 beds, has been earmarked for the vaccination centre there," he said, adding out of 1,000 such centres that will eventually be set up, over 600 would fall in NDMC areas.
Official of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation also said, a dry run was scheduled for Wednesday. More details were awaited.
Following sites in SDMC areas have been chosen for the exercise — MCW Hari Nagar; Polyclinic Madipur: MCW Bijawasan; MH Sriniwas Puri; MCW Fatehpur Beri; and MCW Defence Colony, officials said.
The first dry run for the coronavirus vaccination roll-out was held on Saturday at three sites across the national capital, officials said.
The activity was done to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday had said COVID-19 vaccine will be provided to people in the national capital for free once it arrives, and asserted that the city government had made all preparations for the vaccination drive.
Work is underway in full swing to set up the centres for COVID-19 vaccination in the national capital, with 500 such units to come up in the first phase, even as the storage facility is getting equipped with freezers to hold vaccines in a temperature range of 2-8 degrees Celsius.
A total of 1000 vaccination centres will be set up. And, 500-600 centres will be set up in the first phase.