Three more villages in Jhansi gets all its residents partially vaccinated

Jhansi: Three more villages of Jhansi got all its residents above 18 years of age partially vaccinated in a month on Thursday. Now, there are five such villages in Jhansi where all residents above 18 have received the first dose. As per Jhansi DM Andra Vamsi, 25 villages of the district are being targeted for cent percent first dose vaccination by Independence Day.
This time, the feat has been achieved by Iskil village under Bamour block, Ratosa village in Bangra block and Laroni village in Mauranipur block of the district.
In Iskil, all its 2,188 inhabitants above 18 have been administered the first dose of the Covid vaccine. Out of these, 1,034 are women and 1,054 are men. In Ratosa, 1342 persons got the jab, of which 623 are women and 719 are men. In Laroni, 653 persons have been partially vaccinated, of which h 333 are women and 320 are men.
Earlier, Kharila and Nota villages of the district had also achieved cent percent first dose vaccination.
DM Vamsi said that initially there were inhibitions related to vaccination among the villagers. But this was soon overcome by launching several awareness programmes through which the villagers were persuaded to shun their fears and and get vaccinated.
“I thank all the Asha and ANM workers and other volunteer organisations who took the pains for door-to-door campaigning. We have targeted 25 villages in the district for cent percent first dose vaccination by August 15,” said Vamsi.