With over 10 million total infections, India will hold a dry run starting tomorrow for the largest and most ambitious mass immunisation programme in its history. A detailed checklist has been prepared by the Union Health Ministry and shared with the four states to guide them in the dry run. The dry run will proceed through four key steps, which will be monitored closely by the Centre:1) Each district will receive the dummy vaccine for 100 beneficiaries from the nearest depot. The dry run is intended to test India's flagship vaccine delivery IT platform, Co-Win, at every stage, as per reports. The health ministry also said that another important focus area of the dry run will be the management of possible adverse events following immunisation.

Source: Mint December 27, 2020 11:26 UTC