Uttar Pradesh: All residents of Nota village receive first jab against Covid

JHANSI: With all the 2,447 villagers having received their first jab, Nota village of Bangra block of Jhansi became the first village in the district on Tuesday to have each of its resident partially vaccinated against Covid-19.
There are 773 families residing in Nota village with a total population of 4,523, of which 2,447 are above 18. Out of the 2,447 adults, 1,457 are in the age group of 18 to 44, and 990 are above 44 years of age. Besides, 966 out of the 2,447 adults are women, and the rest 1,481 are men.

Talking to TOI, Jhansi DM Andra Vamsi said, “It is a great achievement that not a single dose of the vaccine received by the gram panchayat remained unused. During the initial period, many kinds of misconceptions, hesitancy and fear were prevalent among the villagers regarding the vaccination.”

“The village monitoring committee constituted by the district administration ran programmes to allay fears of the villagers by spreading public awareness. We had also involved FPOs, self-help groups and other volunteer organisations to carry out these awareness programmes,” he added.

Vamsi extended his thanks to the surveillance committee, ASHA, ANM and Anganwadi workers, other volunteer organisations and the villagers who showed their courage and willingness to get vaccinated.