Why in news?
PM Narendra Modi said the government is using eVIN with UNDP to identify primary beneficiaries and the vaccine distribution networks.
What is eVIN?
- Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) is an indigenously developed technology that digitises vaccine stocks and monitors the temperature of the cold chain through a smartphone application.
- It supports better vaccine logistics management & Universal Immunization Programme.
Who will guide the vaccine introduction to all states/ UTs?
- National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 (NEGVAC) has been formed to guide the strategies for vaccine introduction.
- According to directions of Covid Vaccine Beneficiary Management System (CVBMS), total of 5,145 trained vaccinators (ANM) have been identified for Covid-19 vaccination purposes across Haryana & staff nurses and pharmacists can be called in as per requirement.
- A total of 1,70,992 primary beneficiaries (healthcare workers) from both government and private facilities have been uploaded on the central government’s portal.
- It is expected that population will be prioritised based on risk assessment for vaccination and subsequently other groups will be included.
How is Haryana prepared for cold chain spaces?
- Username and passwords have been created for all district and state administration to conduct mock sessions regarding storage preparedness.
- It has one State Vaccine Store (SVS), four regional stores and 22 district vaccine stores besides 659 cold chain points.
- Allocation of extra cold chain equipment like deep freezers and ice lined refrigerators have been received from the Centre.
- Directives for creating extra spaces for dry stock and cold chain spaces have already been issued to all the districts.
Source: The Indian Express
