India had earlier in January approved two vaccines -- Oxford's Covishield manufactured by SII and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin -- for restricted emergency use.
According to his family members, Pratap Ram had undergone a heart surgery in 2007 and a stent was implanted. But, since then he did not have any problem.
Collector RV Karnan said the dry run was meant to check the mechanisms laid out for Covid-19 vaccination rollout in the health system and to assess operational preparedness