Covid numbers in Nuh, Gurgaon’s neighbouring district in south Haryana, have started to come down, official data shows. But illness in the villages isn’t, sarpanches say.
The heads of several villages in the district said Covid-like symptoms had manifested in scores of residents, who have not got tested. They also claimed several deaths had taken place after people reported fever and breathing distress, reports Shubhra Pant.
Nuh has so far officially reported 64 Covid deaths – 9 of those in April and 25 from May 1-16.
Ashraf, the outgoing sarpanch of Ghasera village, said at least 10 persons with Covid-like symptoms had died in the past week. “There has not been a single day in the last week when a villager hasn’t died here,” he said, adding every other household had someone afflicted by fever or respiratory distress.
A health worker (L) inoculates a senior citizen with a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a government hospital in Faridabad
GURUGRAM: In letters addressed to the local administration and the chief minister’s office earlier this month, about 50-60 residents in the southern Haryana district of Palwal said they did not wish to take the Covid vaccine. The serum, they feared, contains cow blood, meat or fat.
In Nuh, where inoculation drives have met with resistance in the past too, the health department has been informed of concerns that the vaccine “contains pig parts” and could cause infertility.
The Phase 3 turnout in the two predominantly rural districts has been dismal so far. While Nuh’s turnout is the second lowest in the state, with just 470 people vaccinated, Palwal is at 17th spot among 22 districts, with 1,252 inoculations. According to the 2011 Census, Nuh’s population is 12 lakh while that of Palwal is 10.5 lakh. Either district has a target of over 1 lakh for t
Two accused in police custody
JAIPUR: Jaipur police in two separate raids seized 3.6 kg of smack and arrested six peddlers under operation ‘Clean Sweep’ on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip-off, Vishwakarma police station seized the narcotics from a luxury car amid the presence of Sajid Khan (27), Tasleem Khan (25), Azharuddin (29) residents of Malakheda in Alwar and Ronaq Meo (21) from Nuh in Mewat. Prima facie investigation revealed that they were repeat offenders and had been supplying drugs in different cities.
“The accused revealed that they got the drugs from Madhya Pradesh and paid Rs 1.30 lakh per kilogram to supply it for Rs 1.80 lakh per kilogram. They have been using a private vehicle to ferry drugs from MP,” said Khaleel Ahmed, police inspector, CST, which is investigating the network in the state. “Soon, we will expose the network, which is spread across states, and more arrests are likely to follow,” said Ahmed.