War against Corona: Preparation to vaccinate the entire country by August 15, Center pledges for door-to-door vaccination

Posted on 21st Apr 2021 by rohit kumar

According to the central government's plan, all people above the age of 18 will be vaccinated by the next three and a half months, that is, by August 15. According to the plan, more than 10 lakh vaccination centers will be built across the country. Apart from this, there are also plans to vaccinate people from door to door.

 

According to Health Ministry officials, in the next few days, the vaccine will be in the country following the standards to be applied in different countries around the world.

 

Coordination with all states for vaccines

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to vaccinate people over 18 years of age from May 1 across the country. Several other responsible departments, including the Union Health Ministry and the Home Ministry, have been continuously working on the scheme for the last few months. A senior official of the committee implementing the vaccination scheme across the country told that it is their best effort to vaccinate the corona vaccine to the entire population of 18 years of age across the country by the next three and a half months i.e. 15 August. According to the said officer, coordination has been done with all the states of the country for this.

 

13.5 crore people have been vaccinated so far

 

According to sources in the Union Health Ministry, only two companies have vaccines available in our country. Despite this, about 135 million people have been vaccinated so far. Departmental officials say that in the next few days, many vaccines will be available in different countries around the world, due to which the speed of vaccination drive will be very fast. According to a senior member of the committee that is advancing the process of vaccination in the country, the plan is that more than one million vaccination centers should be set up in all the provinces. For this, guidelines have been issued to all the states, states have started implementing the schemes at their level and the entire detail is being given to the Union Health Ministry.

 

Apart from this, the central government is preparing to vaccinate the people from house to house wherever they are. For this, the team working at the ground level of the Health Department of the states is also being trained. Apart from this, the social organizations and corporate groups who want to help in this process have also been asked by the central government to come forward.

 

... more vaccines will come into the market

 

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to vaccinate everyone, the process of importing the vaccine to be made in different countries of the world has been started in the country. As of now, India is in the biotech covaxine and serum institute covishield market. The central government has also allowed the Russian Sputnik vaccine to be introduced in India. Apart from this, vaccines like Pfizer Biotech, Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine, Moderna, Cyanoform, and Synovac are also going to be allowed in India in the next few days.

 

According to sources in the Union Health Ministry, when all these vaccines are approved, the number of daily vaccinations in the country will also increase. At present, more than 3 million people are being vaccinated daily by the vaccine of just two companies in the country.