Doorstep vaccine for bedridden and terminally ill in Panvel

Navi Mumbai: Vaccination of bed-ridden people is slated to begin soon in Panvel city. The municipal corporation will launch the ‘special doorstep’ vaccination drive for the bed-ridden.

It has appealed to people to provide their details at the nearest primary health centres. The doorstep Covid vaccination will be for the bedridden, wheelchair-bound, terminally ill and physically challenged.

Recently, Bombay high court ordered the state to facilitate immunisation of the bed-ridden at their doorstep, after which the state directed local administration to carry it out.

Panvel municipal commissioner Ganesh Deshmukh said, “After covering the homeless people and beggars, people taking shelter at old age homes, we have taken a call to kick off a special campaign to vaccinate people unable to step out of their homes.

In Thane, BJP legislator Niranjan Davkhare on Sunday alleged that many had complained to him about unregistered people being given the vaccine without validation while genuine residents were deprived of the same. He said he has demanded a probe into this.