Pinarayi calls for urgent vaccination of the elderly
The Hindu
Mostly unvaccinated elderly persons succumbing to infection; vaccine side effects fewer in senior citizens
It is quite worrying that the number of people dying due to COVID-19 in the State has been increasing in proportion to the rise in disease transmission. However, a significant proportion of the fatalities was elderly persons who are yet to be vaccinated, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here. The few elderly who were vaccinated and yet succumbed to COVID-19 were those who had several co-morbidities, he said. An estimated 9 lakh persons above 60 years and who have co-morbidities remain unvaccinated in the State, significantly contributing to COVID-19 mortality now. Most of these people seem to have vaccine hesitancy or irrational fears over the side effects of vaccination.Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.