Roll of COVID vaccine

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Rollout of COVID vaccine

Context: UPSC GS Paper III S&T Health COVID (Prelims cum Mains)

The dry run to test preparedness for the nationwide roll-out of a COVID-19 vaccine kicked off in four States — Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab.
The two-day, end-to-end dry run was carried out in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh; Rajkot and Gandhinagar in Gujarat; Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr) in Punjab; and Sonitpur and Nalbari districts of Assam.
Intended beneficiaries of each State, who had registered on the Co-WIN app, the Union government’s digital platform for vaccine delivery, were on Monday sent text messages informing them about the time and place of their “COVID-19 vaccination” under a mock drill to administer the shots at designated centres.

Source: TH

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