Srinagar: The Shopian district in South Kashmir grew to become the first district of Jammu and Kashmir the place one hundred pc COVID-19 vaccination was achieved for individuals aged 45 years or above. The feat was made potential due to the arduous work of the workers of the district administration and Health Department, the federal government mentioned.
The first dose of vaccine has been administered to all individuals over the age of 45 years, making Shopian the first district within the union territory and the second within the nation to obtain this feat.
Shopian Immunization Officer Gulzar Ahmad Baba mentioned, “Shopian is the first district in Kashmir to cover all the people above the age of 45. Our teams are all engaged in this process. All the villages and towns are covered. Hospitals and health centres worked tirelessly to achieve this target.”
He added that individuals cooperated with the administration within the drive. “At first there was a little fear, but as soon as they came to know about it, they cooperated. We worked every day from 9 am to 6 pm and achieved the goal,” Baba mentioned.
The district administration has pushed Shopian forward of different districts because the vaccination marketing campaign was launched in March. Elaborate publicity was completed to inspire individuals. Anganwadi employees have been deployed from home to home to discover out the variety of individuals above the age of 45 years.
An area resident Javed Ahmed mentioned, “It is positive news. If we have to get out of this epidemic, then there is only one way out, that we all get vaccinated.” He added, “People followed SOPs here due to which we have less of COVID case and vaccination also played a vital role.”
Mohammad Iqbal, a well being official, mentioned, “We got people vaccinated in this record time. We got 100 percent people vaccinated. We also made people aware to follow SOPs.”
More than 50 p.c of individuals have additionally received the second dose of the vaccine.
The officers mentioned 78,769 individuals got the first dose within the goal age group. The Health Department established greater than 70 vaccination centres.
