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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 .
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Covaxin doses offered at a shelter home for the community in Guwahati.
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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.
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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.
A Pin-Prick Of Hope: 40 Transgenders Given Covid-19 Jab In Guwahati
Assam, the first state to launch such a drive, will vaccinate more than 500 from the community in Kamrup (Metro) district next week.
Dipankar Roy 14 May 2021, Last Updated at 9:42 pm Surajit Sharma Dipankar Roy 2021-05-14T18:59:39+05:30 A Pin-Prick Of Hope: 40 Transgenders Given Covid-19 Jab In Guwahati outlookindia.com 2021-05-14T21:42:01+05:30
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