1,700 vaccinated at home in Surat

Surat: Close to 1,700 people were vaccinated for Covid-19 at their homes as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call of ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ drive across the country.
Around 110 health department teams of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) were involved in the drive on Wednesday.
SMC is focussing on those areas where the overall vaccination has remained low compared to other localities. Till Wednesday, 61% of the targeted population had been vaccinated.
“The teams conducted surveys of residential societies to find out the number of unvaccinated people. Through the survey, we could identify the societies,” said a health official. SMC earlier started the ‘Knock the Door’ campaign in which health teams used to visit residential societies on call where more than 10 persons were available for vaccination. The campaign received good response in mobilising people and encouraging those who did not take vaccines earlier.
“The teams were formed at each health centre level. Large number of people are not coming forward for second dose and this drive will help in vaccinating them,” said the health official.
Against the targeted population, total 36.36 lakh people were vaccinated for the first dose while 20.94 lakh for the second dose.