The pan-India COVID-19 vaccination drive to be launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via videoconferencing on 16th January 20201 will cover 300,000 persons per day.

The pan-India COVID-19 vaccination drive will be the world’s largest vaccination program covering the entire length and breadth of the country. A total of 3,006 sites across all states and UTs will be virtually connected during the launch and around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site on the inaugural day taking the overall tally to 300,600.

This vaccination programme is based on the principles of priority groups to be vaccinated and health care workers both in the government and private sectors including ICDS workers will receive the vaccine during this phase.

The vaccination programme will use Co-WIN, an online digital platform developed by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which will facilitate real time information of vaccine stocks, storage temperature and individualized tracking of beneficiaries for COVID-19 vaccine. This digital platform will assist programme managers across all levels while conducting vaccination sessions.

A dedicated 24x7 call centre – 1075 has also been established for addressing the queries related to COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine rollout and the Co-WIN software.

Adequate doses of both COVISHIELD and COVAXIN have already been delivered across the country to all states and UTs with the active support of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. These have been further delivered by the state/UT governments to the districts. All preparations are in place to initiate the programme on the principles of Jan Bhagidari.