People with special needs will be vaccinated at home-Dr Paul

Niti Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul said as India has achieved the milestone of vaccinating 66% of its adult population by at least one dose of the vaccines. The government also allowed Covid vaccination at home for people with special needs, Dr Paul on Thursday said in a media briefing that those who do not have enough mobility that they can be brought out of their home, or if someone has a disability or some special needs that they can't be brought to the centre, we have made the provision of at-home vaccination under supervision for them. He said that the vaccination drive aims to be equitable and citizen-centric. Hence, the decision to reach those people who are not being able to come to the vaccination centre for some valid reasons has been taken. 

He further informed that 18 crore doses of Covid vaccines had been administered in the first 22 days in September. Whereas, 18 crore people were jabbed in 30 odd days in August. Now there are six states/UTs in the country, including Lakshadweep, Chandigarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Sikkim, which have 100 per cent coverage of the first dose of the vaccines. Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Kerala, Ladakh and Uttarakhand are on their way to achieving 100% first dose coverage and at present, they have 90% coverage of the first dose, according to health ministry data.