HYDERABAD: With the aim to achieve 100 per cent Covid-19 inoculation in the next two weeks, the GHMC kickstarted a special vaccination drive in the city on Monday.
The vaccination drive is likely to be carried out in 5,200 residential colonies, localities and slums across GHMC and Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) areas. The GHMC has deployed 175 mobile vaccination centres in its limits and an additional 25 vehicles in the SCB area. The civic body aims at vaccinating all eligible people by September 9.
Chief secretary Somesh Kumar visited a vaccination centre at the Old CIB quarters in Khairatabad to oversee the arrangements made for the special drive. “During this special drive, a team would visit each household and identify those who have not been vaccinated. The team will motivate people to get vaccinated and they will be informed of the vaccination centre in their area with date and time in advance. The main objective of this special drive is to make Hyderabad a 100 per cent Covid-19 vaccinated city,” said Kumar.
The GHMC’s entomology wing staffers, Asha and anganwadi workers will visit the households and prepare a list of those yet to be vaccinated and hand over the list to the health department. Officials said a sticker will be pasted on the door of every household in which all residents have been vaccinated. Also, to make sure all the eligible people are vaccinated, a verification strategy is also being put in place by the authorities overseeing the arrangements. After the vaccination process is completed in a colony, a team will be sent to that particular area to crosscheck the details. A ‘fully vaccinated colony’ certificate will be given to the resident welfare associations after all eligible people in their colony are inoculated.
