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NOIDA: Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) have started organising paid inoculation camps in collaboration with private hospitals as government centres continue to face vaccine shortage for almost a fortnight.
The district had announced its plans to start vaccination camps in highrise societies as part of its mega inoculation programme from July 1 and residents’ bodies had decided to hold free sessions with the government. But the programme was postponed after the district faced a shortage of doses in the last week of June.
“We had spoken to officials about organising free inoculation camps and we were going to start those from July 5. But they are still facing a shortage of doses and the officials are not being able to confirm when they can start the drive. Given the situation, some Apartment Owners’ Associations (AOAs) are now organising paid vaccination sessions in residential complexes. Most people are scared after the second w
Noida: The Noida Federation of Apartment Owners’ Association (NOFAA) has requested the chief medical officer (CMO) to set up testing camps for residents and staff in 38 housing societies.
“We had a discussion with the CMO, Deepak Ohri, over phone and urged him to set up testing camps for highrises across the city. The density of population in these housing societies is quite high and people here travel to different parts of the country for work. Both residents and staff can get themselves tested at these camps,” said Rajiva Singh, president NOFAA.
The list of 38 complexes that Singh has submitted to the health department includes Stellar Kings Court, Shubhkamna Apartments, Mahagun Manor, Amrapali Eden, Omaxe Twin Towers, ATS Greens 2, Jaypee Wish Town in Sector 28, Prateek Fedora in Sector 61, and so on.