India successfully conducts 3rd dry run of Covid-19 vaccinations as UK strain-infections reach 90 nationwide

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  • New Delhi: India on Friday conducted the third dry run for Covid-19 vaccination across the country as the central government prepares to fight back the pandemic a year since its outbreak.
    The third massive countrywide mock drill was conducted yesterday for ensuring the readiness of all preparations, and simulates a seamless and glitch free vaccine administration. It covered 4,895 session sites across 615 districts in 33 states and Union Territories,” the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement. 
  • The first vaccination dry run was carried out on January 2.
    This activity will help administrators in strengthening the linkages between planning, implementation and reporting mechanisms, identification of any residual challenges before the actual implementation and to provide confidence to the programme managers at all levels to carry out a smooth implementation of the vaccination drive,” the Health Ministry said.
  • India on Saturday crossed the landmark of 18 crore (18,02,53,315) coronavirus-related tests, with 9,16,951 tests being conducted in the last 24 hours.

Mutated UK strain rages through India

  • Meanwhile, the number of persons infected with the new mutant strain of coronavirus from the United Kingdom stands at 90 in India, the Health Ministry said.
  • These 90 cases, however, include the 82 announced till Friday.
“The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus, first reported in the UK, now stands at 90,” the ministry said.
  • All patients have been kept in single-room isolation wards at designated healthcare facilities by their respective state governments.
Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others, while genome sequencing on other specimens is going on,” the ministry had earlier said.
  • The new UK-variant has so far been reported by several countries, such as Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Sweden, France, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, Lebanon and Singapore.

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