Gurugram, Jul 15 (IANS): The Gurugram district health department has planned to vaccinate the district's villages in turns and this initiative is going to begin from two villages of the district on Friday, health officials said.

According to the officials, this drive will be started from Aklimpur and Hasanpur villages under the Tigra Primary Health Centre (PHC) and at these villages 100 per cent of the eligible population will be vaccinated. This drive will be done under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) collaboration with British Airways.

The officials informed that this campaign will be launched by District Civil Surgeon Dr Virendra Yadav at village Aklimpur. In the camps of both villages, the first and second doses of the vaccine will be given to those eligible.

"The Health Department has set a target to vaccinate all the eligible citizens of the villages. Simultaneously, Civil Surgeon Dr Virendra Yadav has instructed the Health Department team that after the successful organising of this special camp on Friday, similar special vaccination camps will be organised in every village of the district," Deputy Civil Surgeon, Dr M.P. Singh told IANS.