DW BUREAU / Chandigarh The Captain Amarinder Singh led Punjab Government is all ready to roll out most awaited corona vaccination programme under which firstly, Health Care Workers (Central, State and Armed Forces Medical Services) to be vaccinated with their consent at dedicated 59 sites in the State. Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu stated that COVID-19 vaccination is being launched on 16th January 2021 and the first batch of vaccine doses have already been distributed to all District Cold Chain Stores. Orientation on the use of these vaccines has also been conducted. Earlier, a dry run for the smooth run of vaccination was also done at all sites as per SOPs of GoI. He clarified that only registered beneficiaries (HCWs) to be vaccinated whose data was uploaded on the CoWIN site. Giving details of corona vaccine doses supplied to the districts, Mr. Sidhu said that a total of 20,880 have been supplied to district Amritsar, 41,60 to Barnala, 12,430 to Bathinda, 5,030 to Faridkot, 4,400 to Fatehgarh Sahib, 4,670 to Fazilka, 6,200 to Ferozepur, 9,790 to Gurdaspur, 9,570 to Hoshiarpur, 16,490 to Jalandhar, 4,600 to Kapurthala, 36,510 to Ludhiana, 3,160 to Mansa, 2,600 to Moga, 5,860 to Pathankot, 11,080 to Patiala, 6,360 to Roopnagar, 7,660 to Sangrur, 13,640 to SAS Nagar, 5,300 to SBS Nagar, 5,420 to Sri Muktsar Sahib and 8,210 vaccine doses have been distributed to district Tarn Taran. He said that the doses proportionally distributed for Health Care Workers on the basis of database and maximum 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each site. The sites which have already provided the first dose shall necessary plan for second dose post 28 days as per protocol, he said. Notably, the vaccine has been planned in a phased manner with priority groups- Healthcare workers, Frontline workers, Elderly (above 50 year age) and Population below 50 years and with comorbidities. Fifty-nine sites have been identified in Punjab and 77 in Haryana for the vaccination drive on Saturday, the officials said, adding that the vaccines will be administered to 100 beneficiaries at each site. Punjab has received 2.04 lakh doses while Haryana has got 2.41 lakh doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, which have already been sent to the respective districts in both the states for the voluntary inoculation drive. "Among healthcare workers, there are doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, paramedic staff, sanitation workers, whether they are regular or on contract, working in hospitals," Punjab's Principal Secretary, Health Hussan Lal said. (editor@dailyworld.in)