Suhail Dar
South Kashmir’s Anantnag has become the first district in the valley to have completed 100 per cent Covid 19 vaccination in the age ground 18-44.
Official figures suggest that so far four districts in Jammu Kashmir including Anantnag, Ramban, Samba and Poonch have vaccinated its entire adult population.
The figures accessed by The Kashmiriyat suggest that 746666 people have been vaccinated so far with the first dosage of the vaccination in 18 plus population group. Besides, 2,97,804 people have been administered the 2nd dose in the age group.
Dr. Piyush Singla, the deputy commissioner for the South Kashmir district hailed the people of the district and also the general public.
Speaking on the achievement, the DC said it is a proud moment for the district and complemented the health care and front line workers in this regard. He informed that massive awareness and IEC campaigns were launched to address the vaccine hesitancy besides inoculations were carried out both at designated sites and remote and far off places by dedicated vaccination teams.
He hailed the general public for their cooperation and appealed to them to participate in vaccination drives with the same energy. He also appreciated the senior officers of Health, Civil and Police administration, Tehsildars, BDOs, BLOs, Officials from Municipalities, Revenue, Education and other departments besides Media, PRI and ULB members and other stakeholders for mobilizing and vaccinating such a huge chunk of population.
The Anantnag district is being followed by Shopian in South Kashmir where 98 percent people have received first dose.
In Srinagar, official figures suggest, 96 percent have received first dose.