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covid-19 vaccinEs

india faces a booster shot

and old-age challenges as jabs are

taken door-to-door

India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed 110.79 crores (1.1 billion) on Friday,
but children below 18 still not vaccinated

OuR BuREAu
New Delhi/Lucknow
a s a part of Har Ghar Dastak

(door-to-door)
campaign,
Union Health Minister Man-
sukh Mandaviya visited parts of
Lucknow district and enquired from
villagers whether they were vaccinat-
ed with COVID-19 doses. Har Ghar
Dastak is a campaign of the Central
government to provide door-to-door
delivery anti-COVID doses. After
meeting the villagers, the minister
and UP Minister of State for Wom-
en Welfare Swati Singh instructed the
officials to put out a sticker saying
“everyone has been vaccinated in the
house” after the process of jabbing is
completed.

meanwhile, the Delhi Govern-
ment told the high court on
Friday that the policy related to
door-to-door vaccination has

already been formulated by the
centre and implemented by the union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya interacts with a healthcare worker during the inspection of a vaccination
States. the submission came centre as part of ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ drive in Lucknow on Friday (ANI)
during the hearing of a petition

of an 84 years old woman seek- day adjourned the matter for January ian through her petition stated that condition, she could not get any shot
of the Covid-19 vaccine till date.
super senior and bedridden citizens
12, 2022 and granted time to Delhi
ing door-to-door vaccination Government to file an affidavit in this are unable to go physically to the The petitioner further stated
for super-senior and bed-rid- regard. vaccination centers to get themselves that many of the fellow super senior
The petitioner recently moved
vaccinated thus becoming vulnera-
and bed-ridden citizens do not have
den citizens. the Delhi High Court through a Pub- ble to the Covid-19 virus. The peti- the facility of personal transport or
lic Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking tioner stated that, if she goes to the do not even have a family thus mak-
Advocate Manan Aggarwal ar- direction to the Centre and Delhi vaccine center she can be exposed to ing it difficult for them to get regis-
gued that in several states the door- Government to introduce a helpline the COVID-19 virus which will be tered on the Co-WIN Application
to-door policy has been started but number for registration of covid-19 life-threatening at her age. The pe- and go to the vaccination centers to
there is no official statement from vaccine and a policy on an urgent ba- titioner is also suffering from arthri- get themselves vaccinated.
Delhi Government in this regard sis for door-to-door covid-19 vaccina- tis and is mostly bed-ridden and for Many countries like Singapore,
and the petitioner has still not been tion for super senior and bed-ridden her to get up and go to a vaccination Australia already have a system in
vaccinated. The Bench of Justice DN citizens in Delhi. center and wait for her turn to get the place to vaccinate old and bed-rid-
Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh on Fri- Dhiraj Aggarwal, an octogenar- vaccine is not possible and due to her Continued at next page... >>

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