New Delhi: The center on Saturday told the Supreme Court that he had given 17.26 doses of crore vaccines until September 27 to elderly people and vary through Covid vaccination center close to the house (NHCVC).
Judge Dy Chandrachud and when Bopanna was told by the additional lawyer center General Aishwarya Bhati that in May 2021 The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Mohfw) formed an expert panel to make a recommendation to bring Covid-19 vaccination to the homes of people with disabilities and parents.
The center response came on the request submitted by the Evara Foundation NGO who was looking for Covid vaccination from the door to the door for people who suffered disabilities between other reliefs.
In a written statement, the center further said that the Expert Committee recommended the NHCVC strategy to meet the special needs of elderly and different people and its strategies supported by the National Expert Group on vaccine administration for Covid-19 (Negvac).
“Further submitted that in the NHCVC intervention, until September 27, 2021 around 17.26 the Crore-19 vaccine dose was given.
Thus, this implies that a large number of people including people with disabilities have utilized vaccination facilities provided in various NHCVCs,” said Affidavit.
It is said that this NHCVCS is regulated specifically for individuals over the age of 60 years and individuals under 60 years with disability due to physical and medical conditions and they can register themselves in advance through portals / COHORT applications that are facilitated or by following the cohort registration process facilitated on registration Co-Win or in place.
The government said that for managing poor events after immunization (AEFI), the support of the advanced life / basic life support / transport vehicles must be placed in the NHCVCS for transportation to the nearest AEFI management center.
It is said that advisors have also been issued to the government of the state / union to provide further assistance to different citizens such as appointing officers of the disability / department of social welfare levels as nodal officers for voting in real time.
Furthermore, said that 104 medical assistance channels have been formed to provide information needed for different people to facilitate proper care and vaccination.
Mohfw said that despite all the efforts made, maybe there are still some people who might be accommodated or have very limited mobility or disabilities or special needs that can inhibit their accessibility even to NHCVCs.
“For such people, Mohfw has issued an advisor for all states / UTS on September 22 to prepare a list of all potential beneficiaries and caregivers in the catchment area of ​​each planning unit and to compile this list at the district level.
Next, efforts The best will be employed, based on cases for cases, considering logistics and medical exigities to facilitate vaccination of all their recipients in their residence using a cellular vaccination team, “he said.
The government also said that to increase access to co-win portals and cellular applications for a few visual steps has been taken such as the feature for the CAPTCHA text has been deleted, the option to change text size has been entered on the co-win page.
On September 20, the court was looking for a response from the center on the application and seeking the help of the Tushar Mehta Public Lawyer in this issue.