Meeting on District Task Force (DTF) for COVID-19 vaccine cum IPPI 2021 held at DC Conference Hall Dimapur on December 11.
Dimapur, December 12 (MExN): A meeting on District Task Force (DTF) for COVID-19 vaccine cum IPPI 2021 was held at DC Conference Hall Dimapur on December 11. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur Rajesh Soundararajan, IAS.
During the meeting, a press release stated that Dr Rebecca Y Sema, DPO, (RCH/UIP) highlighted the roles and responsibilities of DTF for COVID-19 vaccine. She updated the members on health care worker database collection. She informed that the beneficiary list for the database has been collected from all government as well as private health facilities including ASHAs and AWWs under Dimapur district. Health workers as potential vaccinators were also identified while collecting the beneficiary list.
Rajesh, Project Officer, UNDP updated the members on the cold chain status. He stated that the cold chain points currently used for Routine Immunization will also be used for COVID-19 vaccine. He further informed the members on the procedure for collection of beneficiary list and uploading the list on CO-WIN software.
Later, Dr Rebecca also gave a short presentation on IPPI 2021 scheduled on January 17, followed by house to house visitation on January 18 and 19.
The DC Dimapur Rajesh Soundararajan, IAS concluded the meeting by urging the members to lend their support during this preparatory phase as well as during the implementation phase upon availability of COVID-19 vaccine.
