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There are an estimated 20,000 members of the transgender community in Assam. Guwahati: Thirty members of the transgender community got their first Covid vaccination dose in Guwahati on Friday. It was the first such step reported in the entire country, sources in the government told NDTV. The inoculation drive, carried out at a shelter home for transgender in the city, was conducted with the support from state s health department. After taking the first dose of vaccination, Swati Bidhan Baruah, founder of the All Assam Transgender Association and associate vice-chairperson of Assam government s transgender welfare board said, The main source of income of most transgender people is begging. Since they come into contact with other people, they are very vulnerable to getting infected . ....
Updated: Covaxin doses offered at a shelter home for the community in Guwahati. Share Article AAA Getting protected: Vaccine being administered to a person from the transgender community in Guwahati on May 14, 2021. Forty of them received the shots, and the intiative would be expanded to other parts of Assam, officials said. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Covaxin doses offered at a shelter home for the community in Guwahati. Azizur Khan was caught in two minds. But her faith in Swati Bidhan Baruah, the first transgender judge in the northeastern region, convinced her to take a Covaxin shot. She was the youngest of some 40 transgenders in the 18-44 age group who were vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 virus at Tritiyo Nivas, a shelter home for the third gender in Guwahati’s Hatigaon locality. ....
Gauhati High Court orders fund for transgenders shelters Responding to a PIL (24/2021), the Gauhati High Court has directed the Social Welfare Department to arrange finances for the operation of three shelter homes established for the transgenders. STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI: Responding to a PIL (24/2021), the Gauhati High Court has directed the Social Welfare Department to arrange finances for the operation of three shelter homes established for the transgenders. The PIL was lodged by the All Assam Transgender Association stating that three shelter homes in – Kamrup Metro, Dhubri, and Bongaigaon are starving of funds. The Advocate for the petitioner Swati B. Baruah stated that each shelter home has a monthly expense of around Rs 15 lakh. ....
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