Chaos mars special CoWIN session for the homeless

Those from nearby residential areas with IDs got vaccinated first

Without an identity proof or a mobile phone, 46-year-old Sunil Thakur waited for four hours to get vaccinated at a special inoculation centre set up for homeless people at Yamuna Pushta night shelter here, while people who came from places like Baghpat and Ghaziabad and had IDs got jabs within minutes. “Confusion marred the pace of the vaccination drive for homeless people. Nobody knew how to register such people without an identity card or mobile number,” an officer at the centre said. The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board organised the vaccination camp in association with the office of the district magistrate (Central Delhi). One of the officers present at the camp said he got to know about the drive last night. “There were no preparations whatsoever. We got it started around 10.30 a.m.,” he said.