75 to 100 vaccinators and 375 beneficiaries are expected to be part of itTo test the linkage between planning and implementation, and identify challenges, a dry run for COVID-19 vaccination will be conducted in five districts of Karnataka on Saturday. Around 75 to 100 vaccinators and 375 beneficiaries are expected to be part of the dry run in Karnataka. This follows directions from the Union government that has asked all States and Union Territories to gear up for roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination. The dry run will be an exercise for end-to-end testing of COVID-19 vaccination process, except the actual vaccination. No major issues were observed in the operational aspects during this dry run.

Source: The Hindu December 31, 2020 19:40 UTC