In case of any medical emergency, the person would be taken to the hospital | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
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New Delhi: Select hospitals across the country conducted dry run on 2 January to understand the best way to administer the Covid-19 vaccine and plug loopholes in logistics and planning.
This is the second such exercise — a dry run was held on 28 and 29 December in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat.
In the national capital, Guru Tegh Bahadur (GTB) Hospital in Shahdara, Urban Primary Health Centre at Daryaganj, and Venkateshwara Hospital, Dwarka have been identified as the sites for the dry run.
ThePrint’s photographers Manisha Mondal and Suraj Singh Bisht bring you pictures from the three centres.
Staff in PPE kit at Venkateshwara Hospital in Dwarka, Delhi | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintHealth workers have been asked to follow social distancing norms and they need to register themselves before the actual drive | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintThe vaccines will be stored in cold chain boxes | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintValid identification proof is required for registration | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintCivil defence staff will play a crucial role in providing security at the vaccination centres | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintHealth workers have been informed about the dos and don’ts that they need to follow before and after vaccination | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintA health worker checks temperature of a cold chain box | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintA nurse will assist the vaccinator | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintHealthcare workers, frontline workers, people above 50 years of age, and those with co-morbidities will be vaccinated first |Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrintFrom installing freezers to setting up cold chain equipment, arrangements are being made at a Delhi government hospital for vaccine storage | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrintUnion Health minister Harsh Vardhan visits GTB hospital in Delhi | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
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