Bhubaneswar: The state government is ready to implement Covid-19 vaccination programme with a prioritised list and well-designed multi-sectoral response system at different levels, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy told Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba during a meeting, Monday.
Gauba held a video conferencing meeting with various states to review the preparedness for the vaccination programme. Health and Family Welfare Additional Chief Secretary PK Mohapatra said the State-Level Steering Committee headed by Chief Secretary and the State Task Force Committee led by him have already met to finalise the strategies of immunisation.
The meetings of District Task Force Committees have also been conducted under the chairmanship of respective Collectors. Similarly, block-level Task Force Committees have been formed under the chairmanship of the BDOs to carry out the vaccination programme once it will be available for human use.
Special Relief Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Jena, who also attended the meeting, said all arrangements have been put in place for setting up of the control rooms at state, district and block levels with necessary connectivity and logistic supports.
The state administration is in coordination with NGOs, NCC wings and civil society organisations for ensuring multispectral response, Jena said. “An open communication system with people has been put in place to curb any miscommunication,” he said.
Community leaders and representatives from panchayati raj institutions (PRI) would be involved at grass-root level to roll out the Covid vaccination as a people’s campaign, the state government told the Centre.
National Health Mission director Shalini Pandit said the database of the first priority group comprising healthcare workers (from both the government and private health facilities) and frontline workers under integrated child development scheme (ICDS) have been prepared and uploaded in the national Co-Win web portal.
She said that nearly 3.2 lakh such health and frontline workers have been placed in the list for vaccination.
The state government has enlisted 8,300 vaccinators while 30,000 vaccination sites have been identified for administering the vaccine. The government has made assessment for cold chain requirement along with safe storage and transportation of vaccines.
Steps have also been initiated for procuring insulated vaccine vans to ensure seamless supply of vaccines to the districts. The system for follow-up of the unwanted medical occurrence after vaccination has also been worked out, the officials said.