door-to-door vaccination

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The plea in the Supreme Court had sought the elderly and the disabled, who couldn't go for vaccinations against Covid-19, should be administered the vaccines at home instead of their risking catching an infection. The bench said conditions are not the same across India for such an order and rejected it.

A bench led by the Chief Justice Dipankar Datta & Justice G.S. Kulkarni has noted that there is no categorical prohibition imposed by the Central Government for the States to undertake a door-to-door vaccination program, for the elderly and disabled citizens.

The Bombay High Court asked the BMC if senior citi­zens and those with disabilities could be inoculated and that it would grant permission even though the centre hadn’t given the nod for it.

In the second wave of COVID-19, the concerned Petitioner Association stated, “COVID-19 vaccine is a life-saving drug and the same shall be included in the National list of Essential Medicines.

The Court said that the reasons assigned by the respondent, which in its opinion do not encourage a door-to-door vaccination of the elderly and disabled citizens.