Ampati, Sept 17: Deputy Commissioner of South West Garo Hills (SWGH), Ch. Ramakrishna and the officials of Betasing Block War Room came together with the Nokmas, VEC Secretaries, SHGs and other village organizations of vaccine hesitant villages under Betasing C&RD Block recently to make them aware about the importance of vaccination against COVID-19 and also address the reasons for their hesitancy to receive the vaccine.
The meeting was the initiative of Betasing Block War Room, comprising of BDO W.R.G. Momin, Medical officers, Sector Magistrates and others, to get to the root cause of hesitancy on the part of certain villagers which is hindering the achievement of full vaccination coverage of eligible beneficiaries.
A one-to-one interaction was held wherein the Nokmas and others admitted their fears of taking the vaccine due to various kinds of rumours about the vaccine.
The Deputy Commissioner while addressing the meeting spoke words of encouragement to the villagers, saying all the officers in front of them have taken the vaccine but nothing adverse has happened to them. He also told them that if the district can achieve 100% vaccination, there would be no more lockdowns and all markets would be allowed to reopen.
