Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Centre will soon start a mega COVID-19 vaccination campaign Har Ghar Dastak in poor-performing districts aiming to achieve full vaccination by the end of November, said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday. India News | Centre to Launch Har Ghar Dastak Campaign to Ramp Up COVID-19 Vaccination.
"We are going to launch a mega vaccination campaign `Har Ghar Dastak`. We have decided that for the next one month, healthcare workers will go door-to-door to vaccinate people eligible for the second dose and also those who have not taken the first dose," the Union Health Minister said.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign will be launched over the next one month for door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination in poor performing districts
11 states with Covid surge get more than 6K ventilators
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New Delhi, April 17 : In line with the graded, pre-emptive and pro-active approach, the Centre on Saturday granted a fresh supply of ventilators to Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states reporting a chunk of daily Covid-19 positive cases.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan made the announcement while chairing a high-level review meeting with the Health Ministers of 11 states and UTs.
Organised to review measures taken by the states and UTs for prevention, containment and management of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases,the meeting lasted more than three hours in which Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh took part. These states are reporting an unprecedented surge in new Covid cases.