In an initiative to vaccinate older people, the Maharashtra government has decided to visit senior citizens and persons with disabilities who are bedridden and unable to go out of their homes to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
Accordingly, a door-to-door vaccination campaign will start on August 1 in Mumbai. State Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbakoni gave this information to the High Court.
Moreover, a bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni heard the petition. The vaccines for the coronavirus are to be provided by Mumbai’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and they will be free of cost.
The Bombay High Court had earlier taken a firm stand on the issue of home vaccination. The court had directed the civic body and the state government to seriously consider vaccination at home after which the BMC showed readiness to start such a campaign and accordingly the corporation had initiated preparations.
Kumbhakoni further added that the state received 3,505 responses from individuals who couldn’t make it to private or civic vaccination centres. This new home vaccination policy will apply to individuals that are unable to move, are bed-ridden, or suffering from terminal illnesses.
On the other hand, the BMC had earlier issued a special e-mail address inviting people to share details of such persons who can be beneficiaries of this door-to-door vaccination scheme.
This development came days after the Maharashtra government informed the Bombay high court that it would soon commence door-to-door inoculation for citizens who are bedridden. Earlier this month, the state government on an experimental basis started with Pune district.
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