Tag: Har Ghar Dastak

  • Free Covid booster doses free for all adults from today till next 75 days

    By Agencies

    NEW DELHI: The Centre will provide free booster doses of Covid vaccines for the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centres under a 75-day special drive from July 15, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on July 13.

    The free booster dose drive will be held for the next 75 days as part of the government’s Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence and to boost the uptake of Covid precaution doses, he said.

    “Under the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi, a 75-day free vaccination campaign will be conducted from July 15, in which all citizens above the age of 18 years will be given free vaccination doses at government centres”, Mandaviya said in a tweet.

    Urging eligible population to get the precaution doses, he said in a subsequent tweet: “With this decision, India’s fight against Covid will be strengthened and additional security of citizens will also be ensured. I urge that all adult citizens must get the prevention dose.”

    Less than 1 per cent of the target population of 77 crore in the 18-59 age group have been administered the precaution dose, as per a source. The initiative has been undertaken to increase the uptake of the precautions doses.

    However, around 26 per cent of the estimated 16 crore eligible population aged 60 and above as well as healthcare and frontline workers have received the booster dose.

    To accelerate the pace of vaccination and encourage booster shots, the government also initiated the second round of the ‘Har Ghar Dastak campaign 2.0’ across states and UTs on June 1. The two-month programme is currently underway.

    ALSO READ | Har Ghar Dastak: 9 lakh houses visited in Delhi, only 1.75 lakh say yes to Covid booster shots

    According to government data, 96 per cent of India’s population has been administered the first dose of Covid vaccine, while 87 per cent of people have taken both doses.

    On April 10 this year, India began administering precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccines to all aged above 18 years.

    The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with health care workers getting inoculated in the first phase.

    Vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2 last year.

    On March 1 last year, COVID-19 vaccination began for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified comorbid conditions.

    Vaccination for all people aged above 45 years began on April 1 last year.

    The government then decided to expand the ambit of the vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 years to be inoculated against Covid from May 1 last year.

    Inoculation of those in the age group of 15-18 started on January 3 this year.

    The country began inoculating children aged 12-14 on March 16.

    READ HERE | Covaxin booster dose generates 25-fold rise in antibodies: ICMR study

    (Register for precaution dose at cowin.gov.in or in the Aarogya Setu app, go to the Cowin tab, and tap on the vaccination tab.)

    (With PTI and IANS inputs)

    NEW DELHI: The Centre will provide free booster doses of Covid vaccines for the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centres under a 75-day special drive from July 15, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on July 13.

    The free booster dose drive will be held for the next 75 days as part of the government’s Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence and to boost the uptake of Covid precaution doses, he said.

    “Under the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi, a 75-day free vaccination campaign will be conducted from July 15, in which all citizens above the age of 18 years will be given free vaccination doses at government centres”, Mandaviya said in a tweet.

    Urging eligible population to get the precaution doses, he said in a subsequent tweet: “With this decision, India’s fight against Covid will be strengthened and additional security of citizens will also be ensured. I urge that all adult citizens must get the prevention dose.”

    Less than 1 per cent of the target population of 77 crore in the 18-59 age group have been administered the precaution dose, as per a source. The initiative has been undertaken to increase the uptake of the precautions doses.

    However, around 26 per cent of the estimated 16 crore eligible population aged 60 and above as well as healthcare and frontline workers have received the booster dose.

    To accelerate the pace of vaccination and encourage booster shots, the government also initiated the second round of the ‘Har Ghar Dastak campaign 2.0’ across states and UTs on June 1. The two-month programme is currently underway.

    ALSO READ | Har Ghar Dastak: 9 lakh houses visited in Delhi, only 1.75 lakh say yes to Covid booster shots

    According to government data, 96 per cent of India’s population has been administered the first dose of Covid vaccine, while 87 per cent of people have taken both doses.

    On April 10 this year, India began administering precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccines to all aged above 18 years.

    The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with health care workers getting inoculated in the first phase.

    Vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2 last year.

    On March 1 last year, COVID-19 vaccination began for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified comorbid conditions.

    Vaccination for all people aged above 45 years began on April 1 last year.

    The government then decided to expand the ambit of the vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 years to be inoculated against Covid from May 1 last year.

    Inoculation of those in the age group of 15-18 started on January 3 this year.

    The country began inoculating children aged 12-14 on March 16.

    READ HERE | Covaxin booster dose generates 25-fold rise in antibodies: ICMR study

    (Register for precaution dose at cowin.gov.in or in the Aarogya Setu app, go to the Cowin tab, and tap on the vaccination tab.)

    (With PTI and IANS inputs)

  • Uttarakhand launches door to door campaign to achieve full vaccination

    By Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: Uttrakhand state government has launched ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ drive under which ASHA workers and social groups enrolled by the state health department are going door to door to check on those who have not been yet vaccinated.

    Dr Dinesh Chauhan, district immunization officer of Dehradun district said, “The ASHA workers are going door to door with specific questions including reason of not getting vaccinated yet. District level officers will be forwarding these reports to the state government authorities for further action.”

    The team will pay special attention to pregnant women while conducting the door to door visit to spot those who have not been vaccinated yet.

    The drive has been launched to step up the Covid 19 vaccination drive as the state government aims to completely vaccinate eligible population till December 15, 2021.

    According to state government data, total 80.50 lakh (8050684) adult population to be vaccinated requiring total 1.61 Crore doses to be administered to entire adult populace of the hill state.

    The daily release of the state government revealed that 4475504 people were fully vaccinated while 7526853 were partially vaccinated till Wednesday evening.

    The state has total population of 4934219 in age-group of 18-44 years, 2795247 in age-group of 45+, 128002 healthcare workers and 193216 front line workers.

    The vaccination drive for Covid 19 started on January 16, 2021 in Uttarakhand.

    Last month, state government announced that Uttarakhand has vaccinated 100% of its eligible population with the first dose.

    Lauding the feat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the people of Uttarakhand on Twitter.