Waiting room, cold storage facilities — photos of Covid vaccine dry run in Delhi – ThePrint

In case of any medical emergency, the person would be taken to the hospital | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

New Delhi: Select hospitals across the country conducted dry run on 2 January to understand the best way to administer the Covid-19 vaccine and plug loopholes in logistics and planning.

This is the second such exercise — a dry run was held on 28 and 29 December in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat.

In the national capital, Guru Tegh Bahadur (GTB) Hospital in Shahdara, Urban Primary Health Centre at Daryaganj, and Venkateshwara Hospital, Dwarka have been identified as the sites for the dry run.

ThePrint’s photographers Manisha Mondal and Suraj Singh Bisht bring you pictures from the three centres.

At the Venkateshwar Hospital workers wore PPE kits | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint — Staff in PPE kit at Venkateshwara Hospital in Dwarka, Delhi | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

All the health workers were asked to sit with proper social distancing. All have register themselves. And after the vaccination they are asked to be at the observation room for 30 minutes | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint — Health workers have been asked to follow social distancing norms and they need to register themselves before the actual drive | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

The vaccines are stored in extreme cold storage | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint — The vaccines will be stored in cold chain boxes | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Everyone has to register themselves with a valid identification proof | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint — Valid identification proof is required for registration | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

The civil defence staff will play crucial role in giving security and organising inside the vaccination centre | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint — Civil defence staff will play a crucial role in providing security at the vaccination centres | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

All the health workers were advised the dos and donts, after and before vaccination | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint — Health workers have been informed about the dos and don’ts that they need to follow before and after vaccination | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

The temperature is checked by the health workers | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint — A health worker checks temperature of a cold chain box | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

With the vaccinator there will be an assisting nurse | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint — A nurse will assist the vaccinator | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Healthcare workers, frontline workers, people aged above 50 and those below 50 years but with co-morbidities |Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint — Healthcare workers, frontline workers, people above 50 years of age, and those with co-morbidities will be vaccinated first |Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

From installing freezers to setting up cold chain equipment, arrangements are being made at a Delhi government hospital here for storing the vaccine, whenever it arrives | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint — From installing freezers to setting up cold chain equipment, arrangements are being made at a Delhi government hospital for vaccine storage | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint

Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan visited GTB hospital and Daryaganj's primary health centre | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint — Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan visits GTB hospital in Delhi | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint

Waiting room, cold storage facilities — photos of Covid vaccine dry run in Delhi

Dry run for Covid-19 vaccination was conducted across the country. ThePrint's photographers bring you snapshots from Delhi.

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