Jammu and Kashmir: Special vaccination drive launched in villages adjacent to LoC

In the Boniyar block of Uri, having a population of more than 80,000 and most of the villages are situated adjacent to the Line of Control and people of those villages cannot come to the vaccination centers, the health workers with Asha workers of Boniyar block have started a special vaccination drive to provide door-to-door vaccination to these villages population.

New Delhi: In the areas adjacent to the Line of Control, door to door Covid-19 vaccination drive is in full swing.  In the Boniyar block of Uri, having a population of more than 80,000 and most of the villages are situated adjacent to the Line of Control and people of those villages cannot come to the vaccination centers, the health workers with Asha workers of Boniyar block have started a special vaccination drive to provide door-to-door vaccination to these villages population. Department has achieved 80% target In the first dose.  Dr Parveez Masood, Block Medical Officer of Boniyar, says, "The population of Block Boniyar is more than 80 thousand at present and most of it about 60 percent population are living in the villages adjacent to the Line of Control and at this time our main target is that those people who are adjacent to the Line of Control, where the net connectivity is less, the road connectivity is less get vaccinated, that's why we have started the special vaccination drive."