In order to speed up the pace of vaccination even further in Uttar Pradesh, the health workers have been asked to give door-to-door call slips, particularly in rural areas, making people aware of the need to get vaccine cover.
Manoj Shukla, GM (Vaccination) of National Health Mission, UP said that door-to-door call slips were being given to get the first and second doses of vaccination to achieve the target set by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
He said, “Vaccination booths have been set up in the area as per the convenience of the people, in which the first and second doses are being given.”
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while directing officials to speed up the pace of vaccination in the state, has set a target of giving the first dose of Covid vaccine to 100 per cent of the eligible people by the end of November. So far, more than 13.62 crore people have been vaccinated in UP, out of which 10.03 crore have been given the first dose and 3.58 crore have been inoculated with the second dose.
Teams are going from village to village in Uttar Pradesh and giving call slips (containing information of place and date of vaccination) to the people. Before the arrival of the vaccination team in the cluster, the cluster mobilisation teams are clearing out the misconceptions related to the Covid vaccine among the people and motivating them to get vaccinated.
Two quick response teams have been activated to manage any adverse events during vaccination in a cluster. The chief minister instructed the officials to follow all the necessary Covid protocols in all the religious and cultural programmes to be organised in other districts, including Panchkosi Parikrama and 14 Kosi Parikrama starting from November 14 in Ayodhya, Dev Deepawali in Varanasi, and Dadri Mela in Ballia on November 19.
It is worth mentioning that due to the collective efforts of the Yogi government, Uttar Pradesh is getting global appreciation in management of COVID-19 today and in terms of testing and vaccination, Uttar Pradesh is at the top position in India.