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Covid-19 vaccination sites flout infection prevention guidelines issued by WHO

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covid-19 vaccination roll out in India may go wrong as the country is flouting infection prevention control (IPC) guidelines issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO).The apex global public health agency issued the guidelines a day before India began its covid-19 vaccination program.

With hundreds of people thronging at the vaccination sites, many of healthcare workers and even beneficiaries not wearing masks may trigger the spread of coronavirus transmission.The WHO in its memorandum-- Infection prevention and control (IPC) principles and procedures for COVID-19 vaccination activities--said that the population to be vaccinated consists of individuals not presenting signs and symptoms of infection, so, additional IPC precautions are.

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