Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Nov 9: Dakshina Kannada district health and family welfare officer, Dr Kishore Kumar, said that the 'Mane Manege Lasikamitra' programme envisaging house-to-house visits for identifying people who have got the first dose vaccination and are yet to be administered with the second dose, will be launched on November 10.
He was speaking at the preparatory meeting of the vaccination campaign held on Monday November 8 at the covid war room of the city corporation building. He said that in addition to the city corporation here and health and welfare department, volunteers of national service scheme (NSS) of Mangalore University have joined hands for the success of the programme. He said that the teams will visit the houses of the beneficiaries who are yet to get the second dose, explain to them the importance of the vaccination. He said that it is proposed to make the district 100 percent Covid vaccination compliant.
"On November 10, the campaign will be launched in all the health centres within the city corporation limits. In the next phase, the campaign will be extended to the entire district. NSS volunteers of the university who will participate in the campaign will be trained," he stated.
Covid district nodal officer Dr Ashok Kumar, city corporation's Covid department nodal officer Dr Annayya Kulal, district health education officer Jyoti K Ulepady, taluk health officer Dr Sujay, Mangalore University NSS coordinator Dr Nagaratna and NSS unit coordinators within the city were present at the meeting.
District health officer, Dr Kishore Kumar, requested the people to cooperate with the NSS volunteers when they conduct house to house visits and to join hands to make the vaccination campaign a success.