KOLKATA: The door-to-door campaign accompanied by the rising Covid-19 cases has given an impetus to the vaccination drive across the state. From an average of 33,000-plus doses a day in the first week of June the average number of doses administered daily in the last one week has gone up to 76,000-plus jabs. Despite the spike in vaccination footfall, the state has a stiff target to clear the backlog of second dose due by July-end.
A month ago, the state had about 70 lakh people who had not taken their second jab despite being already eligible. The health department started door-to-door and other mobilisation campaigns in June first week with the target to complete vaccination of these eligible adults by July 31. In about a month, only one seventh of them came forward.
