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Govt ready to roll out vaccine within 10 days of emergency nod: Health secy

Health personnel succh as doctors and nurses and frontline workers such as police personnel, home guards won't have to register themselves online to get the vaccine

Coronavirus, vaccine, covid, drugs, clinical trials
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Manufacturers will air transport will transfer the vaccine to four large depots which are the primary vaccine stores in Karnal, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.

BS Reporter New Delhi
The health ministry is prepared to roll out the Covid vaccine within 10 days of the emergency use authorisation, which was granted to two companies on January 3. While giving this information on Tuesday, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan told reporters that the final date would be decided by the government. The roll-out is being planned, including the logistics and technology network, based on the feedback from the recent dry run of the vaccination process, according to Bhushan. Aadhar verification too will be a part of the online vaccine delivery platform Co-Win.      

Addressing the weekly briefing on Covid, Bhushan said

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