NEW DELHI: Supporting the country in the battle against COVID-19,Canon India, one of the leaders in the imaging space, is conducting a vaccination awareness drive and setting up support camps in its adopted villages- Maheshwari Village (Haryana), Parivali Village (Mumbai), Kalyanpur Village (Kolkata) and Annadodi Village (Bangalore), to help them register for vaccination.
The company is helping the villagers with the required information on vaccination, its benefits, after-effects, and procedures.
Additionally considering the lack of access of digital resources amongst the villagers for vaccine registration, the organization is also helping them to get registered on the government portals, in case walk-in registration is not available.
Keeping in mind the misinformation surrounding the vaccines especially in small villages, Canon India aims to raise awareness in rural India and debunk all myths related to COVID-19 vaccinations and encourage them to book their slot.
Apart from volunteers taking individual sessions with villagers at their homes, village authorities and leaders are also supporting the drive by circulating the right information and encouraging the residents to learn about the vaccination process. Within a week of the awareness drive, the organization has helped over 1000 people with vaccination regarding procedures and get them registered on portals.
Manabu Yamazaki, President & CEO of Canon India said, “We expect this awareness to create a ripple effect and increase to larger communities and have more people understand the criticality of COVID-19 vaccination. I am proud to see that within a week, we have been successful in mobilizing over 1000 people through this initiative.”
