Vaccine dry run in four districts of Maharashtra Today
Three health centres will be set up in each district. There will be no actual vaccination, but preparations will be made as per the guidelines.
A simple calculation shows it will cost states Rs 35,400 crore ($4.8 billion) to give two vaccine shots to about 590 million Indians in the 18-to-44 age group, at a combined cost of Rs 600 per person. If vaccinations are extended to those under 18 years old, the expense could rise to 0.25 per cent of gross domestic product, or about $7 billion
Three health centres will be set up in each district. There will be no actual vaccination, but preparations will be made as per the guidelines. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said four districts in the state have been selected for a dry run of the coronavirus vaccine on January 2.
Pune, Nagpur, Jalna and Nandurbar have been selected for the dry run, he said in a statement. Three health centres will be set up in each district. There will be no actual vaccination, but preparations will be made as per the guidelines.
There will be a waiting room, vaccination room and monitoring room a teach health centre, as required under the guidelines. In Pune district, health centres will be set up at district hospital in Aundh, primary health care centre at Man, and Jijamata Hospital in Pimpri Chinchwad.
