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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 wave and they want to get the jabs at the earliest,” said Rajesh Sahay, secretary general, Noida Federation of Apartment Owners’ Association (NOFAA).