In the latest update in the coronavirus vaccination drive, the union health minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, has announced that the government would begin the door-to-door vaccination programme next month. On Wednesday, the union minister declared that under the Har Ghar Dastak Abhiyan (Door to Door Vaccination) health professionals will go door-to-door and provide vaccination.
Who will be given special focus in the door-to-door vaccination?
During this campaign, Mansukh Mandaviya emphasized that special focus would be dedicated to the 48 districts across the nation where less than 50 per cent of the eligible population has taken the Covid-19 vaccine.
Will the vaccination be available for only those who have not yet taken a second dose of vaccination?
No. In the door-to-door vaccination programme, the vaccination will be provided to people who have not yet got the first vaccine as well as those who have not yet got their second dose.
Mandaviya officially announced this information during a meeting with health ministers and representatives of states and union territories. According to the Union Health Minister, 77 per cent of the country’s eligible population has got the first vaccine of Covid-19 vaccination.
He added that 32 per cent of the population has received both vaccinations and is completely immunised i.e. they have got both vaccines. He stated that there are 100 million people who have not yet taken the second dosage of the vaccine, so they are being urged to complete the course of the vaccine as soon as possible. Mansukh Mandaviya has asked the officials to pay more attention to such people, whose time for the second dose is over, but they have not got the second vaccine.
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According to government data, there are 2.92 crore beneficiaries whose second dose is pending for more than 6 weeks. Apart from this, 1.57 crore people have not administered the second dose of the vaccine even after 4 to 6 weeks and 1.50 crore people have exceeded two to four weeks. There are cases of both Covishield and Covaxin.
Meanwhile, there are 3.38 crore people whose second vaccine has been done 2 weeks ago, but they have not yet reached to get their second dose. In the case of Covishield, a time of 12 weeks is necessary between the first and second dose, while in the case of Covaxin, the second vaccine is administered only after 4 weeks.