Govt announces door to door COVID vaccination for differently-abled, people with restricted mobility
The government has also issued relevant advisories and orders to states.
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New Delhi, September 24: In a bid to inoculate the COVID vaccine to every adult person, the Central government is going to roll out the home vaccination for differently-abled people and those with restricted mobility and special needs. The government has also issued relevant advisories and orders to states.
As per the government, authorities concerned have been asked to initiate the "process of line-listing" these beneficiaries and their vaccination "at the earliest". Officials said the country is still in the midst of the second wave of the pandemic even though the number of daily new cases are declining.
Announcing the home vaccination provision, head of India’s Covid-19 task force Dr. V K Paul said, “I am pleased to inform you that we have made new provisions. For those persons, whose mobility is such that they cannot be moved out of the house for vaccination, or those who have a disability, or if someone has special needs that they cannot go to a vaccination center, we have made new provisions.”
“For them, under supervision at home and by following SoPs, we will make provisions for vaccination at home. The orders and advisory have been issued,” Dr. Paul said.
Guidelines for home vaccination for people with special needs:
"In order to ensure that differently-abled persons get proper access to COVID-19 related services including testing and vaccination, the States/UTs have been provided with appropriate advice from time to time. States/UTs are again advised to facilitate the steps."
The district-level officer of the disability/social welfare department can be considered to be designated as nodal designated made a nodal officer for the purpose of grievance redressal of the differently-abled persons in connection with obtaining treatment for COVID-19. The nodal officer should work in close coordination with the Chief Medical Officer of the district.
The 104 helpline personnel may be oriented to provide requisite information to the differently-abled persons to facilitate their proper care and vaccination.
States may also make special arrangements for their vaccination through the near-to-home Covid Vaccination Centres (CVCs) as per guidelines already shared by this Ministry with the States/UTs, the guidelines read.
"All district level officers may be directed to provide assistance to differently-abled persons in matters such as availability of ambulances. Ambulance transport may also be provided to persons with 40 percent or more disability for COVID-19 testing".
- The State government can also explore a sample collection system for COVID-19 testing from home for the differently-abled persons through public-private partnership (PPP) mode and payment to private partners on per case basis can be explored for the same.
The provision of oxygen beds, hospital admissions, vaccination, etc can also be prioritized for differently-abled persons. The District/City Control and Command Centres being used for COVID-19 management can facilitate this process.
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