The Centre's 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign will continue till December 31 with a focus on 100 per cent first dose COVID-19 vaccination, and completing the backlog of second dose vaccination, informed official sources on Tuesday.
This came after Union Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on November 22 wrote a letter to Additional Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary of all States and Union Territories to ramp up the COVID-19 vaccination drive in the country under the campaign.
With the 'Har Ghar Dastak' campaign, the Centre is targeting to complete maximum single dose and second dose adult COVID-19 vaccination in the country. It was launched on November 2 on the occasion of Dhanwantari Diwas.
Sources also said, "The new COVID-19 Omicron variant doesn't escape RT-PCR and RAT tests. The States have been advised to ramp up testing for early identification of positive cases, and early management."
"States are advised to have one or multiple meetings today between health officials, Airport Health Organisation, Bureau of Immigration and other relevant agencies at the state level for the smooth operation of revised travel guidelines which will be effective from midnight today," official sources said.
Earlier on Sunday, the Centre has issued revised international travel guidelines in the wake of the new COVID variant.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Gaza Cancer Patients Face Struggles In Jordan Amid Conflict: Report IIT Delhi And Centre For Railway Information Systems Partner To Transform Indian Railways "You Feared...": Lt Governor's Attack On Arvind Kejriwal Over Ayushman Bharat Spoke Of Reunification Under India: Sources On Lalduhoma's Viral Old Speech "Cowardly Attempts To Intimidate Diplomats": PM's 1st Comments On Canada Row Video: Air Force's MiG-29 Stalls In Flat Spin Seconds Before It Crashed What If The US Election Ends In A Trump-Kamala Harris Tie? Abortion Rights Issue Influencing Indian American Women's Voting Preference Israel Says Hit Hezbollah Intel Headquarters In Syria Strike Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.