New Delhi: Corona vaccination preparations have been completed in the country. Corona vaccination will begin in the entire country from 16 January. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is closely watching the Corona vaccination. PM Modi will start a nationwide corona vaccination campaign on January 16 and in view of this, adequate doses of vaccines have been dispatched to all states and union territories. Meanwhile, the Center has sent necessary guidelines to the states.
In the guidelines, the Center said that only people over 18 years of age are allowed to vaccinate. Women who are pregnant and whose pregnancy is not fixed, and women who breastfeed should not get corona vaccine. With this, the central government said that if a person has symptoms of corona, then that person should be vaccinated after 4-8 weeks of recovery.
Meanwhile, In a step-by-step guideline to all the states and Union Territories, it had asked them to prepare for the vaccination drive as per the guidelines. States have been asked to implement an integrated 360-degree comprehensive advocacy communication and social mobilisation strategy to address the challenges surrounding vaccine rollout progress and benefits.
Lets look at all SOPs for COVID-19 vaccination drive:
- At the vaccination site, only pre-registered beneficiaries, one at a time, will be vaccinated in accordance with the prioritisation, and there will be no provision for on-the-spot registrations.
- Twelve photo-identity documents, including election ID, Aadhaar card, driving license, passport and pension document, will be required for self-registration on the Co-WIN website or app. Steps to register for COVID-19 vaccine:
- Download the Co-WIN app on your mobile phones for free or visit the Co-WIN website. (Link not active yet)
- Register yourself with required details to get a date for vaccination.
- Submit the details.
- You will receive the date and time to get your vaccine shot.
- Each volunteer will be monitored for 30 minutes after administering the vaccine shots for any adverse event from the inoculation.
- States and UTs will allocate the vaccine from one manufacturer to a district, as far as possible, to avoid mixing of different COVID-19 vaccines in the field.
- The vaccination team will consist of five members.
- Each session should be planned for 100 beneficiaries per day.
- There will be three separate rooms – one for waiting, one for observation, and one for the inoculation – to ensure crowd management and social distancing.
- If the session site has adequate logistics and space available, one more vaccinator officer can be added to create a session for 200 beneficiaries.
- Stringent measures to be taken to avoid exposing the vaccine carrier, vaccine vials or ice packs to direct sunlight.
- Vaccines and diluents should be kept inside the vaccine carrier with the lid closed until a beneficiary comes to the centre for vaccination.
