On Friday, thirty members of transgender community got their first vaccination dose in Guwahati. It was the first such step in entire Country.
The first vaccination drive, carried out at a shelter house for transgender in the city with the help of state’s health department
“The main source of income of most transgender people is begging. Since they come into contact with other people, they are very vulnerable to getting infected,” founder of the All Assam Transgender Association and associate vice-chairperson of Assam government’s transgender welfare board Swati Bidhan Baruah said.
“As a marginalized group, they were getting left out of the vaccination process and when we requested the health department, we got a very positive response. They helped with the logistics and we were able to start the vaccination drive without any glitch,” Baruah added.
The drive at this moment is restricted in Guwahati. However, the drive will continue and cover other districts of the states in the next few weeks.
