n Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday highlighted the recently-launched ‘Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination’ campaign in the national Capital and said that it was initiated to encourage more people to participate in the inoculation drive against the coronavirus.
Kejriwal visited one such vaccination centre on Wednesday and said that people are very happy about the fact that they can now get a shot near their residential area, where they cast their vote.
“The campaign focuses on convenience as there is no hassle of online booking and booth officers are coming to people's homes for the vaccination,” he said.
The Block Level Officer (BLO) will give scheduled slots to people for vaccination. “There are multiple rumours doing the rounds, giving credence to the issue of vaccine hesitancy. It is the responsibility of all the people to dispel them.
The BLO will clarify all doubts pertaining to vaccines,” said Kejriwal.
He said that for every Vidhan Sabha poll, the electoral machinery is very elaborate. So, just the way the BLOs go to the houses of people to give election chits before the polls and inform them about the date and other details of the election, similarly the BLO would go to each house and give the residents slots for the vaccination centre so that it does not get crowded. Some people will be given the slots for 10 AM, some for noon and they will have to go to the vaccination centre at the designated time.”
Kejriwal also commented on the Centre’s plan to initiate vaccination for all and said, “It is a very good thing that starting June 21, the Central Government is going to provide us with the vaccines.
We are very thankful to the Supreme Court who put pressure by questioning why people between 18-44 years of age were being charged for the jabs, while it was free for the others and why private hospitals were allowed to charge such exorbitant prices. Whatever happened was for the good of the country and I hope that the vaccination drive runs smoothly now.
The real challenge now is that of availability of the doses. If availability improves then I think the entire country can be vaccinated in two to three months.”