On Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the Covid-19 mass vaccination programme. “We are starting a ‘Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination’ campaign from today. Under this campaign, we will tell people to visit their designated polling stations to get vaccinated. Door-to-door vaccination will be done soon,” Kejriwal said.
The Delhi government aims to vaccinate everyone above 45 years in the next four weeks. In order to facilitate mass vaccination, the Delhi government will deploy booth-level officers. The officers will visit every house in the next two days and provide a slot for the first dose across 70 wards.
Delhi is the first state to announce a mass vaccination drive to cover a large part of its population by directing people to get their dose at their voting booth.
The move to inoculate people over the age of 45 comes as the vaccination drives for 18-44 age group people in the national capital hit a roadblock due to the non-availability of vaccines.
