Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday asked health department officials to stay alert and make all necessary preparations in view of rising cases of the coronavirus.
He also instructed the officials to speed up vaccination of people against COVID-19.
In a review meeting, the chief minister said that those who have not got the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine yet should be persuaded to take it so that the risk of coronavirus infection can be minimised in the state.
He said that district collectors and health department officials should ensure that the maximum number of people in their districts get the second dose on time.
Gehlot said that Rajasthan should be made a model state in vaccination and all those who have not been vaccinated should be vaccinated.
The chief minister said that the pandemic is again in a dangerous situation in many countries so there is a need to be very careful.
He said that a new variant of COVID-19 has been detected in some countries, including South Africa and Botswana, and it is spreading very fast.
The officials informed the chief minister that under the ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign, door-to-door vaccination is being conducted.
Till November 26, more than 21 lakh people have been vaccinated under the campaign, the officials said.
Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena and senior officers were present in the meeting.