Underlining the urgent need for an intensive 'mission mode' push to COVID-19 vaccination across the country to accelerate the recent placid momentum, the Centre on Friday advised all states to plan for a two-month-long 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign 2.0 from June. 

The health ministry urged the states and union territories to significantly expedite the pace towards full vaccination coverage by saturating all eligible beneficiaries, a ministry statement said. In a meeting of states and union territories, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan strongly advised that it should be ensured there is no wastage of Covid vaccines at any cost. This must be ensured through active monitoring and on basis of the 'first expiry first out' principle, where doses that expire earlier should be used for vaccination first, states and union territories were told. 

Highlighting the urgent need for an intensive 'mission mode' push to Covid vaccination across the country to accelerate the recent placid momentum, the Union health secretary has advised them to plan for a two-month long 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign 2.0, from June-July, with a detailed district, block and village levels plans, the statement said.