Rajasthan's Bikaner is set to become the first city in India to begin the door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination. The service is slated to commence on Monday (June 15) and will benefit people above the age of 45.According to a report in the Hindustan Times, the Rajasthan government has also started a helpline number where eligible people can register themselves for the vaccination. They will have to give their names and addresses through a WhatsApp number. However, the service can only be availed when there are at least 10 people at a place who have registered on the helpline number.
Ten people can be administered one dose each from a vial of the Covid-19 vaccine. Rajasthan has so far given 1st dose to over 33.15 lakh people, while 1,109 have received the second jab. Meanwhile, 368 new COVID-19 infections pushed the state's infection tally to 9,49,376 on Saturday, while the COVID-19 death toll in the state rose to 8,815 with 16 more fatalities. On the overall front, India on Sunday recorded 80,834 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to the Union health ministry dashboard at 8am. This is the lowest tally recorded since April 2. With this, the country's total infections went up to 29,439,989 and as many as 3,303 people died due to the virus in 24 hours, the ministry added, taking the total death toll to 370,384.