An official announced on Sunday that over 5,000 Pakistani migrants from the Hindu Sindhi community residing in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore will be given COVID-19 vaccinations.
According to District Immunization Officer Dr Praveen Jadia, representatives of Pakistani immigrants from the Hindu Sindhi community have recently demanded anti-coronavirus immunisation from the government.
“This demand has been accepted following the state government’s approval. These Pakistani refugees will now be able to receive anti-coronavirus jabs at the city’s vaccination centres by showing their passport as the identity card,” he said.
Jadia estimated that about 5,000 Pakistani refugees are living in Indore and most of them are settled in the city’s Sindhi Colony area.
“We are administering anti-COVID 19 doses to all adults on humanitarian grounds. Last month, we had vaccinated a Dutch citizen who had come to Indore for some work,” he recalled.
Indore district, which is the worst hit by the pandemic in Madhya Pradesh, has so far recorded 1.52 lakh COVID-19 cases including 1,370 fatalities, according to officials.
About 13.53 lakh people were administered the first dose of the vaccine in the Indore district while 2.35 lakh people had received both doses.
