<span style="color: #222222;">A national interactive webinar for the media was organised on Friday by the Union Health Ministry to further strengthen awareness about the month-long Har Ghar Dastak campaign. The campaign aims to ensure that all the adult population is covered with the first dose of COVID vaccine, while those who are due for the second dose are also motivated to take the second dose.<br />'' <br />''The interactive webinar was addressed by Additional Secretary in Health Ministry, Dr. Manohar Agnani. He said, going by India's current vaccination pace we can claim with confidence that the world's largest adult vaccination programme is well on track since its launch on 16 January this year. He said, to date, about 79 per cent of the eligible population in India has been vaccinated against Covid-19 with the first dose, while another 38 per cent have been fully vaccinated. He added that 100 per cent of the adult population has received the first dose of the vaccine in several states. Dr. Agnani expressed confidence that with India's current vaccine delivery capacity, the entire adult population will soon be covered.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Har Ghar Dastak which means knocking at every door, aims to reach out to those eligible adult population who have either not taken their first dose or for some reason have missed their second dose. Healthcare workers will conduct door-to-door vaccinations of eligible people across India with a special focus on districts where less than 50 per cent of the eligible population has been vaccinated.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Dr. Agnani observed that through this campaign, the country's frontline health workers are addressing several such issues on the ground that are preventing people from taking the COVID vaccine. The campaign also envisages close collaboration with local religious and community leaders, other agencies and organisations such Central Statistics Office, non-government organisations, NSS, etc to motivate people who have not taken their vaccine.  Multimedia information, education and communication campaign will be designed to counter anti-vaccine rumours and to emulate innovative approaches and practices followed by high coverage districts within the States and UTs.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' While addressing queries from the participating media persons, Dr. Agnani stressed on the importance of taking both doses. He also urged the media persons to motivate people through positive stories. Thanking the media for their continued support, he requested them for fighting the last vestiges of lingering hesitancy in some pockets of the country.<br />''<br />''The webinar was attended by officers from PIB, DD, AIR, RoBs, UNICEF state offices, private FM radio, community radio stations, online and print media from across India.</span>