Telangana To Have Every House Surveyed To Ensure 100% Of Its Population Is Vaccinated

India administered more than 8.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday, government data shows, close to its all-time record and speeding up a campaign to inoculate all eligible adults by December. Several state governments have also speed up the vaccination process in order to prevent the third Covid wave.

Amid the ongoing nationwide Covid vaccination drive, the Telangana government has made a bold statement that it would make its capital Hyderabad 100% vaccinated within the next 15 days.

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Telangana chief secretary Somesh Kumar said officials of the health department and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) working in close coordination to make residential colonies in the city 100% vaccinated.

Drive in mission mode

Speaking at a workshop on Thursday held at the BRKR Bhavan along with the Secretary, Department of Medical Health, GHMC Commissioner, and Collectors of four districts under GHMC among others, he instructed Medical and Municipal Staff to survey every household and vaccinate all the eligible people above 18 years.

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He wanted the vaccination drive be carried out on a mission mode and stated that the ongoing mobile vaccination programme has received good response in GHMC. The Chief Secretary suggested the vaccination teams should be formed residential colony-wise with manpower and material to vaccinate all those who are yet to be covered.

COVID cases in Hyderabad

State health officials have earlier said almost 100 per cent vaccination coverage with single dose has been achieved in Hyderabad.

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Meanwhile, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) reported 71 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours. However, the state registered 409 fresh cases in the same duration. The number of active cases stands at 6,865 and the recoveries have climbed to 6,43,318.