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Now 124-year-old woman gets COVID jab in J&K; diminishes vaccine hesitancy in valley [details]
Centenarians become COVID heroes in making vaccine drive a huge success. Unlike other parts of the country, elders are leading in the battle against Coronavirus.
Elders leading from the front to fight COVID
Notwithstanding the misleading campaign launched by some vested interests to sabotage the vaccination drive, elders of Jammu and Kashmir single-handedly taking the inoculation campaign to a huge success.
After 120-year-old Dholi Devi at Ghar Katiyas in Dudu tehsil of Udhampur district of J&K inspired inhabitants of the mountainous belt of Udhampur, Doda, Ramban and Reasi, now 124-year-old Rehtee Begum of village Shrakwara of block Wagoora Baramulla received her first COVID vaccine dose during the door-to-door vaccination campaign.
Rehtee Begum got her first Covid jab during a door-to-door vaccination campaign, officials said.
Srinagar:
A 124-year-old woman from Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir was among over 9,000 persons who were administered COVID-19 vaccine in the union territory on Wednesday, officials said, but did not provide any proof of her age.
A total of 9,289 persons, including healthcare and frontline workers, were vaccinated against the disease on Wednesday across 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir, they said, adding so far 33,58,004 jabs have being administered in the UT.
The officials said among the persons who were administered the vaccine on Wednesday was a centenarian woman from Baramulla district in north Kashmir.