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  • Daman, Diu complete first dose vaccination for all eligible beneficiaries

    By PTI
    DAMAN: The districts of Daman and Diu of Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to their entire eligible population, an official said on Thursday.

    Vaccination camps were set up in all three districts – Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu – when the inoculation drive commenced from January 16, the release issued by the administration stated.

    By June end, Daman and Diu have achieved 100 per cent coverage of the first dose of vaccine to all eligible beneficiaries, including healthcare workers, frontline personnel and people in 18-44 and 45-60 age categories, it was stated.

    More than 35,400 persons were administered the first dose in Diu, while over 1.65 lakh beneficiaries were covered in Daman, the official said, adding that the drive to administer the second dose has also commenced in these districts.

    Vaccination coverage in Dadra and Nagar Haveli districts stands at 59.3 per cent, as over 1.85 lakh people have been vaccinated against the target of 3.12 lakh, it was stated.

    According to authorities, hundreds of migrant labourers working in industrial units in Daman were also covered in the vaccination drive, and the administration had also announced a reward scheme for village panchayats that perform well on vaccination front.

    Apart from this, the administration has set up “war rooms” to remind people about their second dose, and around 5,000 persons are being called every day to take the jab, it was stated.

    Meanwhile, as per the latest order by the administration, all hotels, restaurants and resorts in the Union Territory can operate with 50 per cent capacity.

    Till now, a negative RT-PCR report was necessary for a tourist to stay in a hotel.

    However, from Thursday onwards, tourists can book a room in hotels by furnishing their vaccination certificates, it was stated.

  • Spreading word on blood donation 1 step at a time

    Thirty-three-year-old Kiran Verma has a goal in life: to decrease the number of deaths due to blood shortage to Zero by 2025 . For this, he is voluntarily travelling 15,000 km across India, Nepal, and Bhutan to encourage and spread awareness about blood donation. Verma, who founded ‘Simply Blood’-a blood donation platform- reached the state capital on Wednesday.
    Talking to the media, Verma said his journey began from Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Jan 26 this year. Till now, he has travelled more than 8,500-km- which includes 3,000 km by walking- in last 3 months.

    Verma added that every day more than 12,000 people die in India due to lack of availability of blood and his mission is to encourage at least 10 people every kilometre to take a pledge to donate blood at least once in their life. If this happens, he claimed, then his 15,000-km journey is going to save at least 1,50,000 potential lives through blood donation.

    “I started ‘Simply Blood’ when my own blood was sold to a poor family in Delhi. I left my job and took this as my goal- to decrease the number of deaths due to blood shortage to Zero by 2025. My life’s mission is to save 1 million lives through blood donation by 2020 using ‘Simply Blood’ platform,” he said, adding that ‘Simply Blood’ is world’s first virtual blood donation platform and first social media platform, an initiative by Change With One Foundation.

     Jain said that he has spread his message among more than 7,00,000 people across Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and now in Chhattisgarh. In the coming days, he is planning to visit all states and all union territories.