Applications sent by 2 vaccine makers with drug controller, experts being studied pro-actively: Dr Harsh Vardhan

The dry-run will be conducted by all the state and union territory governments on January 2 to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges, the Centre said on Thursday. The activity is proposed to be conducted in all state capitals in at least three session sites.

The minister said that the lists of health workers have been created and will be uploaded on Covid-19 platform. "Just like we prepare during elections, the same way we need to train each member of all medical teams responsibly," the Union Minister said.

He further said that the target of this exercise is that "minutest details" are thoroughly researched.

"At least two vaccine makers have sent their applications to drug controller and experts for approval, their data are being studied pro-actively," he said.

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"The procedure is similar to conducting elections where the team at a booth is also trained," he added.

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