The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday, June 14, through its counsel Anil Sakhare informed the Bombay High Court (HC) that the civic administration is ready for a door-to-door protocol for vaccinating the homebound. However, it would await the state’s directions, he added.
Sakhare requested that a short time limit be set for the state to issue protocols which ought to also mention the number of people who would need home vaccination to ensure there is no wastage of the vaccine once a vial is opened.
Responding to this, the high court gave Maharashtra a week to spell out its position on the issue as Centre said that there is no categorical prohibition on states to provide door-to-door shots for the elderly and disabled.
Earlier, the Maharashtra government said that it wanted to launch a door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination campaign. The court was hearing public interest litigation filed by two advocates Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari. The high court will hear the plea further on June 22.
For those unaware, the bench was hearing PIL seeking a policy to enable the elderly aged over 75 and other specially-abled who are bedridden to receive a vaccination at their bedside was filed by lawyers Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari. Kapadia had submitted a compilation with a news report about the state working on protocols for door-to-door vaccination as announced by public health minister Rajesh Tope.
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The central government on Monday, June 14, informed the Bombay High Court (HC) that its national guidelines at present do not allow for a door-to-door drive to vaccinate people against the coronavirus.
The Centre’s counsel, additional solicitor General Anil Singh pointed out that some state governments and civic bodies decided to ignore the advisories and conducted door-to-door vaccination for citizens who belong to special categories. It said that these drives cannot be made a part of the national vaccination policy at this moment.
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