COVID-19 Vaccine: Dry run in India's 125 districts, 285 sites

New Delhi: As India gears up to launch the world's largest immunisation drive, almost all states and Union Territory (UT) governments, including the national capital, on Saturday conducted a dry run at 285 session sites spread across 125 districts to assess the ability and readiness of authorities to administer Covid-19 shots to hundreds of millions of people, including many in remote corners of the country.

In front of the real vaccination drive, the Ministry



of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) directed the cross country mock drill at 285 meeting destinations to test the start to finish planned operations and the component that has been set up to guarantee smooth lead of the Covid-19 vaccination.

This dry run of the vaccination drive spread across 125 districts covers all states and UTs having adequate representation of urban and rural districts along with hard-to-reach areas, said a MoHF statement.