[JAN] Dry run of vaccine

Question 1

aim?

Answer 1

testing the planned operations are essential for Covid 19 vaccination process.

Question 2

Why the Dry run is essential?

Answer 2

• first time a vaccine to be administered outside the universal immunisation Programme and specifically for adults belonging to specific groups.
• there is a need for administering two doses of the vaccine a few weeks apart and enrolling the recipients which is different compared to our running vaccination drives.

will allow the administrators to check the usage of the Co-WIN IT platform for management of the entire vaccination process including data entry, allocation of date and time and a drill of session sites with test beneficiaries.

Fourth, it will also help to test the linkages between planning, implementation and reporting mechanisms.