Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
More than 0.97 Cr Cumulative Recoveries registered
Posted On: 25 DEC
2020 11:35AM by PIB
The
trend of more daily recoveries than the daily cases has led to a continuous
contraction of
Continuing
with the trend of the last 28 days,
While 23,067 persons
in
The
Recovery Rate has improved to 95.77% today. The
cumulative recovered cases stand at 0.97 cr (97,17,834).
The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases is steadily increasing and
presently stands at 94,35,915.
75.86% of the new recovered cases are contributed by ten
States/UTs.
Kerala
leads with 4,801 persons recovering from COVID while
Ten
States/UTs have contributed 77.38% of the new cases.
Kerala
reported 5,177 cases in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra registered another 3,580
new cases yesterday while
336 case fatalities that have been reported in the
past 24 hours. 81.55% of them are from Ten States/UTs.
26.48% of new fatalities reported are from
When
compared globally,
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Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Central Government gears up for roll out of COVID19
Vaccine
2,360 Training of Trainers sessions held; more than 7,000 district trainees
trained
Dry Run for vaccine administration in 4 States next week
Posted On: 25 DEC
2020 11:41AM by PIB
The
Central Government is gearing up for the roll out of COVID19 vaccine across the
country. As the vaccine administrators will play an important role in the
vaccination process, training of trainers and those who shall administer the
vaccine has been taken up across various States.
To
strengthen the capacity of our human resource for COVID-19 vaccine introduction
and roll-out, detailed training modules have been developed for different
categories of vaccine handlers and administrators including medical officers,
vaccinators, alternate vaccinators, cold chain handlers, supervisors, data
managers, ASHA coordinators and all others involved in the implementation
process at different levels. The training includes all operational aspects of
training like organization of vaccination sessions, use of Co-WIN IT platform
for management of the entire vaccination process, deployment of HR
Cold chain preparedness, Management of adverse events, communications and
intersectoral coordination, biomedical waste management, infection
prevention protocols etc.
2,360
participants were trained during national level Training of Trainers which
comprised state immunization officers, cold chain officers, IEC officials,
development partners etc. As on date, the State level trainings had been
completed in all States/UTs with participation of more than 7000 district level
trainees, except
To
facilitate redressal of queries on COVID-19 vaccination and Co-WIN portal
related queries, national 1075 and state 104 Helpline capacity has also been
strengthened to address queries beyond their routine support.
As
a step to prep up for administration of COVID-19 vaccine, and to assess the
readiness of the planned activities, a dry run has been planned in four states
to start with, viz. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Punjab considering the
geographical locations. Each State will plan it in two districts and preferably
in different (five) session type settings e.g. district hospital, CHC/PHC,
urban site, private health facility, rural outreach etc. This will exercise
enable end-to-end mobilisation and testing of COVID-19 vaccination process
(except the vaccine) and check the usage of Co-WIN in field environment, the
linkages between planning, implementation and reporting mechanisms and identify
challenges and guide way forward prior to actual implementation including
improvements that may be required in the envisaged process. This will also
provide a hands-on experience to programme managers at various levels. This
two-day activity is planned on 28th &
29th December 2020, and will include activities from the necessary data entries
in Co-WIN to vaccine receipt & allocation to deployment of team members,
mock drill of session sites with test beneficiaries to reporting and evening
meeting. This will also include testing for cold storage and
transportation arrangements for COVID19 vaccine, management of crowd at the
session sites with proper physical distancing.
An
important focus of the dry run will be on management of any possible adverse
events following immunisation (AEFI). In addition, adherence and management of
infection control practices at the session site, to prevent disease
transmission. The mock drill will include concurrent monitoring and review at
the block and district levels, and preparation of feedback to be shared with
the State and Union Health Ministry.
Detailed
checklist has been prepared by the Union health Ministry and shared with the
four States to guide them in the dry run.
The
National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration of COVID-19 (NEGVAC) has
recommended three prioritised population groups including Healthcare
Workers (HCWs) (about 1 crore), Frontline Workers (FLWs) (about 2 crore), and
Prioritized Age Group (about 27 crore). As vaccines are temperature
sensitive and need to be stored in specific temperature, the present cold chain
system consisting of 85,634 equipments for storage of vaccine at about 28,947
cold chain points across the country will be used for the cold chain
administration. The current cold chain is capable of storing additional
quantity of Covid-19 vaccine required for the first 3 Crore prioritised
population i.e Health Care Workers and Front Line Workers.
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