BANDIPORA, JAN 08 :As a part of the ongoing nationwide exercise, the Bandipora district administration conducted Covid vaccine dry run on Friday at three identified locations in the district viz District Hospital Bandipora, CHC Hajin and Health and Wellness Centre Nesbal.
Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmad along with Chief Medical Officer Bashir Ahmad and Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Parveiza Kausar visited the District Hospital to monitor the administration of dummy COVID-19 vaccination to the beneficiaries.
The vaccination was administered to 75 dummy beneficiaries who were identified through Co-WIN Mobile App. The beneficiaries include the medical staff that participated in the mock drive at each pre-identified locations. The covid vaccine dry run was conducted by the CMO and Deputy CMO Office while strictly adhering to operational guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination roll out.
Officers said all protocols pertaining to vaccinations were strictly followed at all the three designated sites of the District and 3 rooms, as per the guidelines, designated for Covid-19 vaccination were set-up which includes the Waiting room, Vaccination room and the Observation room. Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Bandipora said the objective of the dry run was to identify the challenges and guide the way forward prior to actual implementation besides assessing operational feasibility in the use of COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) application in the field environment and to test the linkages between planning and implementatio.
He said special attention was also given to AEFI Management and on disposal of Bio Medical Waste. On the occasion the functioning of Co-WIN App, on which all beneficiaries are going to be uploaded, was also demonstrated to the medical staff and other participants