💉 For two days at the beginning of next week, India will hold a dry run for the largest and most ambitious mass immunisation programme in its history.

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💉 The dummy vaccination exercise will be carried out in two districts each of four states at the four corners of the nation — Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, and Assam — on December 28 and 29.

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💉 The dry run is intended to test the country’s flagship vaccine delivery IT platform, Co-Win, at every stage, sources said.

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The land adjacent to the Pune airport will be utilised for the transport of vaccines from the facilities of vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India nearby. indianexpress.com/article/india/…
While Pune will be one of the hubs for the distribution of domestically-manufactured vaccines, the bulk of the vaccine consignment will be imported through major international airports including Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad.

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Preparations at Indian airports are in line with those that have been made at global air transport hubs such as the airports at Singapore, Dubai, Doha, and Shenzhen, some of which have already started receiving vaccine shipments.

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The mRNA Covid-19 vaccine by Gennova will hopefully not only achieve a similar efficacy to the candidates developed by Pfizer and Moderna, but will also be more affordably priced for a country like India, according to CEO Dr Sanjay Singh.

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Gennova CEO Dr Sanjay Singh details how the Pune firm’s vaccine works and delves into plans to test and scale up production for a vast population.

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