People of J&K worried about govt’s silence on Covid-19 vaccination policy: Prof Saifuddin Soz

Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Prof. Saifuddin Soz on Monday said the people of Jammu & Kashmir were worried about silence on part of the UT administration about how Covid-19 vaccination would be provided to them and demanded that it should announce its policy immediately.

“The UT Administration is silent on how Covid-19 vaccine will be provided to the people in Jammu and Kashmir. The people are, therefore, genuinely worried as to how the distribution will take place,” he said in a statement issued to the press.

“The old practice in this respect has been that any vaccination in the past was provided by medical teams mohalla-wise. The teams would arrive in mohallas and render the service. This is what happened in respect of vaccines for the treatment of measles and small pox etc. I hope that very practice would be adopted for providing Covid-19 vaccine. That is the only way overcrowding and hassle at hospitals would be avoided,” he said

“The J&K UT Govt. should announce its policy immediately so that people stop worrying about provision of this facility. That way alone people can provide their opinions also. This is all the more necessary because of snow in Kashmir and parts of Jammu province,” he said.

“The sooner the J&K UT Administration announces its policy, the better,” he added.