High Court Wants "Surgical Strike" On Covid As Centre Declines Door-To-Door Vaccine

COVID-19 Vaccine India: The Union government on Tuesday told the high court that currently door-to-door vaccination was not possible, but it has decided to start "near to home" vaccination centres.

The Bombay High Court today said the Centre's approach against COVID-19, which is the society's biggest enemy at present, should be "like a surgical strike" instead of standing at the borders waiting for the virus to come out. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni said the Union government's new "near to home" vaccination programme was like waiting for the virus carrier to come to the Centre. "Coronavirus is our biggest enemy. We need to strike it down. The enemy is residing in certain areas and in some people who are unable to come out. Your (government) approach should be like a surgical strike. You are standing at the borders waiting for the virus carrier to come to you. You are not entering the enemy territory," Chief Justice Datta said. The bench said the government was taking decisions for the welfare of the public at large, but they were delayed which has resulted in the loss of several lives.