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Noida: With districts asked to prepare a plan to rollout the Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available, the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has begun the process of preparing a list of its health care workers who are likely to get the shot first.
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Noida: With districts asked to prepare a plan to rollout the Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available, the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration has begun the process of preparing a list of its health care workers who are likely to get the shot first.
While no vaccine has yet been given the green signal to be administered for the general public, the central and state governments are putting into place infrastructure and protocols --such as who gets the shots, storage and transport facilities -- in place to administer them.
District magistrate (DM) Suhas LY said they had 13 cold storage points where vaccines can be stored, besides the main vaccine depot at office of chief medical officer (CMO).
The administration has identified 73 centres where the vaccination will take place.
“We have started maintenance work for cold storage space.
We are checking ice-lined refrigerators (which can lower temperatures down to 2 to 8 degrees Celsius) working conditions in primary health centres and logistics required to transport vaccines,” he said.
“The process of creating a database has already started.
Apart from doctors and paramedics in different government hospitals, we are also reaching out to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and private hospitals to prepare a list of their staff.