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Govt ready to roll out vaccine within 10 days of emergency nod: Health secy Health personnel succh as doctors and nurses and frontline workers such as police personnel, home guards won’t have to register themselves online to get the vaccine
The health ministry is prepared to roll out the Covid vaccine within 10 days of the emergency use authorisation, which was granted to two companies on January 3. While giving this information on Tuesday, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan told reporters that the final date would be decided by the government. The roll-out is being planned, including the logistics and technology network, based on the feedback from the recent dry run of the vaccination process, according to Bhushan. Aadhar verification too will be a part of the online vaccine delivery platform Co-Win.
Addressing the weekly briefing on Covid, Bhushan said health workers including doctors and nurses as well as frontline workers such as police personnel and home guards would not have to register on the online platform to get vaccinated. Their data has already been uploaded on the Co-Win vaccine delivery management system. ALSO READ: Vaccine firms Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute patch up after war of words For people above 50 years of age and those with co-morbidities, a committee of health experts is studying the linkages between diseases and increased mortality if there is a Covid infection. The committee will suggest who among this group will be given top priority and how the vaccine will be rolled out for them. “We are almost there…we have very eminent people working on it,” V K Paul, member-health, Niti Aayog, said. In the backdrop of all the controversy around vaccine approval, Paul mentioned that scientific rigour, statutory requirements and regulatory norms had been followed while giving restricted use authorization to the two vaccine candidates — Covishield and Covaxin.