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'Har Ghar Dastak': Govt To Launch Door-To-Door Covid Vaccination Drive From Nov — All You Need To Know

Mandaviya made the announcement after holding a meeting with his counterparts and representatives from the states and Union Territories.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government will as part of the ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ drive launch a mega vaccination campaign against the coronavirus disease next month.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said the government has decided the healthcare workers will for the next one month go door-to-door to vaccinate the people eligible for second dose and also those who have not taken the first dose.

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Mandaviya made the announcement after holding a meeting with his counterparts and representatives from the states and Union Territories.

Mandaviya, who discussed scaling up of the vaccination drive in the country, said 77 percent of the eligible population in India has been vaccinated against Covid-19 with the first dose.

“32 percent people have received both doses,” he added, ANI reported.

Asserting that over 10 crore people have not taken the second dose of Covid vaccine, Mandaviya said the people eligible for second dose should take the vaccine and urged all to complete their course.

As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Central government has been supporting the states and Union Territories by providing them Covid vaccines free of cost.

In the new phase of the universalisation of the Covid-19 vaccination drive, the Centre will procure and supply (free of cost) 75 percent of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to the states and Union Territories.

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The Union Health Ministry said in a release said more than 107.81 crore vaccine doses so far have been provided to the states and Union Territories through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.

The release added more than 12.37 crore balance and unutilized Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states and Union Territories to be administered.

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