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Why Centre’s nod needed for home vaccination, Bombay HC asks Maharashtra govt
Updated On: 30 June, 2021 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
HC asks State why it cannot start door-to-door vaccination for senior citizens, specially-abled and bedridden people without the central govt’s approval
A beneficiary receives her Covid-19 shot at a vaccination centre in Chembur on Monday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government why it needs approval from the Centre to start door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination for senior citizens, specially-abled and those who are bedridden.
The state government on Tuesday filed an affidavit in the HC, saying home vaccination on an experimental basis can be started, but only for bedridden people. However, the Centre will have to approve the proposal, it added.
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