An estimated one crore frontline health workers will receive the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine whenever it becomes available, with around바카라 웹사이트92 per cent of government hospitals바카라 웹사이트and 55 per cent of private hospitals across all states and UTs providing data identifying the workers, official sources said.
Five vaccine candidates are in advanced stages of development in India, out of which four are in Phase II/III and one is in Phase-I/II trials.
States have been asked to accelerate the process of identifying frontline healthcare workers including doctors, MBBS students, nurses and ASHA workers etc,바카라 웹사이트so that the exercise gets completed in another one week.
It has asked states to do바카라 웹사이트planning and mapping of vaccination sessions where healthcare workers will be vaccinated during the 1st phase and mapping human resources across departments that could be deployed for vaccination sessions for verification of beneficiaries, crowd management and overall coordination.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with chief ministers and other representatives of states and union territories via video conferencing on Tuesday to discuss the vaccine distribution strategy, sources said.바카라 웹사이트 바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
"Around바카라 웹사이트92 per cent of all government hospitals and 55 per cent of all private hospitals from across all states and UTs have provided data. The rest of the바카라 웹사이트details will come in another one week. We have asked the states to accelerate바카라 웹사이트the process," an official source said.
The anti-coronavirus vaccine, once available, would be distributed under a special Covid-19 inoculation programme, using the바카라 웹사이트processes, technology and network of the existing Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP).바카라 웹사이트It would run바카라 웹사이트parallel to the UIP.
The Centre, with the help of state and UT governments, has started the process of identifying바카라 웹사이트around 30 crore priority beneficiaries who would be given vaccine dose in the initial phase, sources had said.
The government has demarcated바카라 웹사이트four categories which include around 1 crore healthcare바카라 웹사이트professionals including doctors, MBBS students, nurses and ASHA workers etc,바카라 웹사이트around two crore frontline workers바카라 웹사이트including municipal corporation workers, personnel of the police and armed forces,바카라 웹사이트about 26 crore people aged above 50 and a special category of those below 50 with co-morbidities and requiring specialised care.바카라 웹사이트
Health Ministry's existing digital platform eVIN which is being used for the UIP is being enhanced for the Covid-19 vaccine distribution and delivery, through which SMSs would be sent to recipients informing the time, date and venue to get the shots and바카라 웹사이트digitally connect them바카라 웹사이트and also track them,바카라 웹사이트sources had earlier said.
Each person in the immunisation list would be linked with their Aadhar cards바카라 웹사이트to avoid duplication and to track beneficiaries. However, in case a person doesn't have an Aadhar card, a government photo identity can be used, the sources said.
Five vaccines are under different phases of clinical trials in India with the바카라 웹사이트Serum바카라 웹사이트Institute of India바카라 웹사이트conducting phase-3 trial of the바카라 웹사이트Oxford-Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccine while the indigenously developed Bharat Biotech and ICMR바카라 웹사이트vaccine has already started the phase III clinical trial.바카라 웹사이트
Indigenously developed vaccine by Zydus Cadila has completed바카라 웹사이트phase -2 clinical trial in the country.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
Dr Reddy's Laboratories will soon start combined phase 2 and 3바카라 웹사이트clinical trials of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V in India.Biological바카라 웹사이트E. Ltd has started early phase 1 and 2 human trials of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan바카라 웹사이트had said that a Covid-19 vaccine is likely to be available by the first quarter of 2021.
He had said that the Centre estimates to receive and utilise 40-50 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine covering around 25 crore people by July next year.바카라 웹사이트
“The prioritisation of groups for Covid-19 vaccine shall be based on two key considerations -- occupational바카라 웹사이트hazard바카라 웹사이트and risk of exposure to infection, and the risk of developing severe disease and increased mortality,”바카라 웹사이트he had said.바카라 웹사이트
