Vijayawada: The Union Government selected eight districts in four States for the Covid- 19 vaccination trial run from December 29^th onwards for two days. Among the four States, the Andhra Pradesh State is one.

In Andhra Pradesh, Krishna District was selected for trial run of Covid- 19 vaccination from December 29^th onwards. The Krishna District Collector Md.Imtiaz has directed officials concerned to draft an action plan for providing vaccine to all Covid- 19 warriors in the district since the Centre has identified Krishna district as a pilot project for implementing the Covid vaccination guidelines.

Collector at a review meeting with the officials of revenue, health, airport authority and other departments, Imtiaz said as part of the Central Guidelines, five hospitals, in different categories have been identified as models for taking up the vaccination procedure. Vijayawada Government Hospital under Teaching Hospital category, followed by Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Uppuluru, Urban Primary Health Centre (UPHC) at Prakash Nagar in Vijayawada, a private hospital and Tadigadapa Village Secretariat will be the model hospitals. Each facility will have a medical officer and four vaccination staff, he added.

The Collector said that training has been imparted to the staff to be deployed at the respective hospitals. Various steps are being taken to deploy an urologist, cardiologist, gynecologist and other specialists at each hospital, he said, adding a trial run will be conducted in the hospitals for two days from December 29^th.