Chhattisgarh government carried out a Rs dry run’ of the Covid-19 vaccination exercise on Saturday in state capital Raipur and six districts including Surguja, Durg, Bilaspur, Rajnandgaon, Bastar and Gaurela Pendra Marwahi for testing the preparedness of vaccine delivery.
Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo himself supervised the vaccination ‘dry run’ exercise in Raipur.
Singh Deo visited Saraswati Primary School vaccination centre in crowded Purani Basti locality in Raipur and interacted with health officials.
State government claimed that barring the actual vaccination, the dry run conducted by the state administration, covered all aspects of the vaccination exercise, which involves testing the use of cold chain and transportation facilities, manpower and biomedical waste handling.
Officials informed that health workers would be vaccinated in phase-1 after proper verification through ID cards. After receiving the vaccination shots, they will be kept under observation in an adjacent room for half-an-hour as medical protocol to monitor side effects if any.
The Health Minister also interacted with Mitanins involved in the Rs dry run’ and directed health officials to get the process done with full precision. For the dry run 28 Mitanins were registered.
Director National Health Mission Dr Priyanka Shukla also visited the vaccination centre and closely observed the entire process.