BIHAR COVID VACCINATION CENTRES TO HAVE WEBCAST FACILITY

PATNA: The health department has asked district magistrates (DMs) to make arrangements for webcast of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, beginning with health care workers countrywide on January 16.

The arrangement has to be done for monitoring purposes at government session sites, which are vaccination centres, said a health official requesting anonymity.

Three of the 16 session sites in Patna for the inaugural day vaccination are under private sector while the remaining 13 are under public sector.

A total 300 session sites have been identified in Bihar for the inaugural day of vaccination. The government will assess the first day’s programme and then decide on extending the vaccination facility across its 700 health facilities.

In keeping with the Centre’s guidelines, DMs, civil surgeons, principals and superintendents of government and private sector medical colleges have been asked to make arrangements for good internet connectivity, capable of supporting video-webcasting at session sites.

They were also asked to ensure good quality laptop or desktop computer with projection system and speaker facility so that beneficiaries and vaccination officers at session sites could hear any instruction from the control room, said a communication from Manoj Kumar, the executive director State Health Society, Bihar (SHSB), who is also the state nodal officer for the vaccination programme.

The letter also asked the officials to arrange for Anaphylaxis kit (to treat an acute and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction post vaccination) and adverse effect following immunization kit at all session sites. It also asked to ensure training to vaccinators on use of the kits.