189 homeless people vaccinated in GB Ngr

NOIDA: A total of 189 people were vaccinated at a special camp held at Vikas Bhawan in Surajpur to vaccinate the destitute and homeless who do not have any identification documents, according to officials from the Gautam Budh Nagar health department.

According to them, out of the total vaccinations, 40 were beggars, 19 were homeless and 80 were unregistered roadside vendors. The remaining 50 vaccines were administered to staff at the Vikas Bhawan. The camp received a lukewarm response than what was expected, said District Social Welfare Officer Shailendra Bahadur Singh.

“Though we had publicised about the special camp weeks in advance, not many turned up for the vaccinations. This can either be due to lack of awareness or because they have already been vaccinated,” said Singh.

Covid case tally

Gautam Budh Nagar recorded no fresh infections or deaths, according to the 24-hour summary report from the Uttar Pradesh health department on Thursday. The total tally of infections was 63,253 cases, and 466 deaths. The district also had 12 active cases.

The same report said that Ghaziabad had no fresh infections that took the total case count to 55,629, and toll till date was 461. The district had four active cases. The number of deaths is subject to an audit, the statement added.

Uttar Pradesh recorded 19 fresh cases the same day, the report added. The state’s tally of cases was 1,709,192 and total deaths was 22,794.