Vaccination Drive Needs ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ to Achieve Target: PM Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the vaccination drive against Covid-19 needs a ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ approach to achieve its target.

“So far you have been working to take people to vaccination centres, now it is time to reach every house for door-to-door vaccine.

You can take help of local religious leaders to spread awareness about Covid vaccines and to fight rumours,” PM Modi told District Magistrates of low vaccination coverage districts during a review meeting.

A total of 40 low vaccination coverage districts have been identified across Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu. The Chief Ministers of these states were also present at the meeting.

The meeting was held via video conferencing and included districts with less than 50 per cent coverage of the first dose and low coverage of the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine.

Launching the new vaccination campaign ‘Har Ghar Dastak, Modi said: “We have showcased our capabilities under the ‘Sabko Vaccine, Muft Vaccine‘, now its time to make ‘Har Ghar Dastak‘ campaign successful.”

The Prime Minister asked the officials to change gear from arrangements made for taking people to the vaccination centre to administering vaccines door to door.

He urged the health workers to reach every house with ‘Har Ghar Tika, Ghar Ghar Tika’ – vaccine at every doorstep.

“With the mantra of ‘Har Ghar Dastak‘, knock on every door, every household lacking the security net of a double dose of vaccine will be approached,” he said.

The Prime Minister thanked the Chief Ministers for participating in the meeting, and said that their attention towards the vaccination numbers will encourage the district officials to achieve the target.

He said “one special thing in the country’s fight against corona was that we found new solutions and tried innovative methods.”

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