Drive-in Vaccination against COVID-19 in India

Abstract

India rolled out COVID-19vaccination campaign in a phased manner starting from health care workers on January 2021. Now that India has opened vaccinations to all ≥18-year-olds from May 2021, government is attempting to make the vaccination campaign as quick as possible, and health authorities are experimenting with novel approach of drive-in vaccination against COVID-19in some states. This is a safe and efficient way to vaccinate a large number of people within a short period of time while maintaining social distance. This also makes it easier and more comfortable for the elderly, patients with co-morbidities or chronic diseases and differently abled individuals to receive vaccines without any difficulty that is involved in accessing the conventional vaccination sites. As the pandemic and our response to it evolve, the same models could also be employed for screening or testing of COVID-19and for dispensing of COVID-19 medications with authorized prescriptions.