Shillong, Nov 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi after conducting a review meeting on districts that have low vaccination rates said on November 4 that health workers should conduct door-to-door vaccinations.

The drive needs to be taken to each household with the mantra of Har Ghar Dastak (knock on every door), he said.

PM Modi interacted with district magistrates of around 45 districts in Jharkhand, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, and other states. These have less than 50 per cent coverage of the first dose and low coverage of the second dose of the Covid vaccine.

Modi cautioned against any laxity, saying “a new crisis can come”. The PM asked the officials to change gears from making arrangements for taking people to the vaccination centre to administering vaccines door to door.

“‘Har ghar tika, ghar ghar tika. Every household lacking the security net of a double dose of vaccine will be approached,” Modi said.

He also told the district officials to focus on the second dose of vaccination, warning that as the infections start reducing urgency in administering the vaccines comes down among the people. “You will have to contact those people who have not taken the second dose despite the stipulated time on a priority basis… ignoring this has created problems for many countries in the world,” Modi said.