On Friday, January 1, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope announced that four districts in the state have been selected for a dry run of the coronavirus vaccine on January 2.
Pune, Nagpur, Jalna and Nandurbar have been selected for the dry run, he said in a statement. Each district will have three health centres with 25 people for vaccination at each centre, he added.
The health minister further stated that three health centres will be set up in each district. There will be no actual vaccination, but preparations will be made as per the guidelines stated by the centre. There will be a waiting room, vaccination room and monitoring room a teaching health centre, as required under the guidelines.
In Pune district, health centres will be set up at district hospital in Aundh, primary health care centre at Man, and Jijamata Hospital in Pimpri Chinchwad.
In Nagpur, centres will be set up at Daaga hospital, rural hospital in Kamptee and primary health care centre in Nagpur city.
In Jalna, centres will be in the district hospital, sub-district hospital, Ambad and Shelgaon primary health care centre in Badnapur taluka.
In Nandurbar, the dry run will be carried out at district hospital, primary health care centre in Ashte and Navapur sub-district hospital.
At present, Maharashtra’s active caseload has crossed 19-lakh mark while the total number of death has reached 50,000.
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