Get vaccinated where you vote, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launches door-to-door campaign

The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal in a press conference has said that as the people in the 45 plus age group are not coming to the vaccination centres the administration has decided to make vaccination available to them at their doorstep.

To vaccinate the population in Delhi the government has initiated a campaign – ‘Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination. Under this campaign people above 45 yrs will be given vaccines at the polling booths.

Kejriwal said that the polling booths in Delhi will be turned into vaccination centres and booth-level officers (BLOs) will visit all the households to book slots for people in the 45 plus age group.

As per the information, there are 57 lakh people in Delhi in the 45 plus age group. Out of which 27 lakh have been given the first dose of the vaccine while 30 lakh are yet to get the jab.

Vaccination at polling booths

There are around 280 wards in Delhi. The BLOs will visit households in 72 wards from 8 June to identify and send eligible persons for vaccination at the polling booths, he said.

The chief minister said polling booths are close to the homes of the people so they will not have to travel long distances to get the vaccine. Also, the government has arranged e-rickshaws to ferry people to the vaccination centres.

The BLOs will give slots for vaccination to people in the 45 plus age group at the nearest polling centre. In a cycle of five days, all the eligible persons will be covered.

“After covering all the 280 wards in four weeks, the government will be able to say that all those eligible (45 years and above) have received the vaccines,” Kejriwal said.

He said a similar drive will be conducted again for second dose vaccination after three months.

“When we will get vaccines for the 18-44 age group in the required quantity, we will start this programme for them too,” he added.