Second round of nationwide Covid-19 vaccine dry run: LIVE! Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in Chennai to check preparedness

11:30: A three-day national immunisation drive for polio will begin in the country on January 17, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday."Three-day national immunisation drive for polio will begin on January 17. This is essential to maintain the overall immunity level of our country particularly pertaining to polio," said the minister after his visit to the session site in Government General Hospital in Chennai to review the second dry run for coronavirus vaccination on Friday.-- ANI

10:55 pm: Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan visits General Medical Store Depot, Periamedu, Chennai. It is one of the four national vaccine storage facilities in the country.

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Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan visits General Medical Store Depot, Periamedu, Chennai.
It is one of the four national vaccine storage facilities in the country.@PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA @EPSTamilNadu @CMOTamilNadu @Vijayabaskaroflhttps://t.co/RX3zpgvwkD

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10: 30 am: On January 2nd, we did dry run in almost 125 districts in the country and today, we are doing it across the country expect the three states who did it earlier: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan #Chennai-- ANI

As part of second round of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccine dry run, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visited the sessions site at Government General Hospital, Chennai. It will be shortly followed by the one at Government Omandurar Hospital, Chennai.

Watch Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan reviews dry run of administering #COVID19Vaccine at the session site at Govt Omandurar Hospital, Chennai. 

Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan reviews dry run of administering #COVID19Vaccine at the session site at Govt Omandurar Hospital, Chennai. @PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA @EPSTamilNadu @CMOTamilNadu @Vijayabaskarofl https://t.co/4WuokjRNne

— DrHarshVardhanOffice (@DrHVoffice) January 8, 2021

“Delighted to be in Chennai to review the dry run of administering the #COVID19vaccine,today. @PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA @EPSTamilNadu @CMOTamilNadu @Vijayabaskarofl Watch Live ! Small blue diamondhttp://facebook.com/drharshvardhanofficial Small orange diamondhttps://twitter.com/drharshvardhan Small bluediamondhttp://app.drharshvardhan.com/download.”

The second round of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccine dry run is scheduled today.  

Union health minister is in Tamil Nadu to review preparedness and oversee mock vaccination drills, according to an official statement. Today's dry run will be carried out in 736 districts across 33 states and Union Territories (UTs).

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“Watch Now! Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan reviews dry run of administering #COVID19Vaccine at the session site in Govt General Hospital, Chennai. @PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA @EPSTamilNadu @Vijayabaskarofl,” a tweet from Harsh Vardhan official twitter handle read.  

Talking about his scheduled visit to Government Omandurar Hospital, Chennai, he tweeted “Look forward to assessing preparations at the General Medical Store Depot in Periamedu, which is one of the four national vaccine storage facilities. I'll also be visiting HLL Bio-Tech Ltd Campus at Chengalpattu, Chennai. @PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA @EPSTamilNadu @Vijayabaskarofl.”

In the afternoon,  Harsh Vardhan will visit the private vaccination centre in Apollo Hospital, Chennai after a brief visit to the General Medical Store Depot (GMSD) in Periamedu. This is one of the four national vaccine storage facilities, the other three at Mumbai, Kolkata and Karnal.

Thereafter, Harsh Vardhan will visit the vaccination Centre at Chengalpattu. He will be visiting the Hindustan Bio-Tech Ltd. Campus at Chengalpattu after concluding his supervision at these sites.

Earlier, Dr Harsh Vardhan held a meeting with the health ministers, principal secretaries and additional chief secretaries of states and UTs to review the preparedness of the vaccination mock drill in their respective areas.

Ahead of the mock drill in the state, Chief Minister K Palaniswami ordered to take up measures on a war footing for the dry run and all the district collectors are engaged in taking necessary steps to conduct it in their respective districts, health secretary Radhakrishnan said. He added that initially healthcare, frontline workers and senior citizens would be administered vaccine doses.