With 269 new cases of COVID reported in Uttarakhand on Friday, the coronavirus tally reached 93,111. The health department in Uttarakhand managed to successfully conduct the dry run for COVID vaccine in all 13 districts.

Seven deaths were also reported in the state in the last 24 hours after which the toll reached 1,562. The number of recovered patients is 87,127 in the state with 390 new cases. Meanwhile, among the 269 new cases reported on Friday, 13 worked in the forest department. Subsequently, the Van Nigam office was closed for sanitisation.

State Nodal Officer and National Health Mission (NHM) mission director Sonika said the dry run for Covid-19 vaccine was conducted as per the guidelines laid down by the Government of India.

“The dry run was conducted across 132 spots in the state. The rehearsals started as per the schedule in almost all the places and a mock drill was conducted to demonstrate the vaccination process.

The dry runs were also held in areas with no internet connectivity,” Sonika said adding that the run was 99% successful as 86% of the beneficiaries against a target of 3,160 were vaccinated. “There were also 116 patients who showed adverse effects after the vaccination,” she divulged.

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