‘Benefited a lot’: Bihar octogenarian claims to have taken 11 shots of COVID-19 vaccine

Got relief from my back pain and waist pain. Everyone should get vaccines, exhorts the Bihar man

At a time when governments, both at the Centre and in the State, have been appealing people to get COVID-19 vaccines, an octogenarian from Bihar’s Madhepura district has claimed to have taken it 11 times last year.

“I benefited a lot from vaccines…I got relief from my back pain and waist pain and this is why I’ve been taking it repeatedly. Everyone should get vaccines,” said Brahmadev Mandal, 84, from Orai village under the Puraini police station of Udakishunganj block.

In a viral video, Mr. Mandal, a retired postal department employee, claimed that he took his first vaccine on February 13, 2021 and the last on December 30 at the public health centres (PHCs) of Madhepura, Khagaria and Bhagalpur districts.