Covid-19 vaccination dry run held in erstwhile Khammam district

Khammam: Covid-19 vaccination dry run has been conducted at 35 centres in Khammam on Friday. The District Collector RV Karnan along with Additional Collector (Local Bodies) Snehalatha Mogili visited the centres in Wyra and Konijerla mandals.

He inspected waiting rooms, vaccination rooms and observation rooms and checked the list of persons identified and registered for the first phase vaccination. He said the dry run was meant to assess operational feasibility of the vaccination programme.

Similarly, in Kothagudem, the mock immunisation exercise was conducted at primary health centres (PHCs) in 23 mandals and seven sub-centres. The District Collector MV Reddy visited a PHC at Chandrugonda in the district.

For every centre, 25 staff was deputed and the vaccine might be available in the district in a week's time. In the first phase, around 13, 000 health workers have been identified for vaccination, he informed.