The inoculation drive, carried out at a shelter home for transgender in the city, was conducted with the support from state's health department.
Thirty members of the transgender community received their first Covid vaccine in Guwahati on Friday. It was the first such initiative reported nationally, government sources told NDTV.
The vaccination campaign, conducted at a transgender shelter in the city, was carried out with funding from the Department of Health.
After taking the first vaccine, Swati Bidhan Baruah, founder of the All Assam Transgender Association and deputy chairman of the Assam government's social board said, "The main source of income for most transgender people is asking. As they meet. With other people, they are at high risk of infection." .
"As a marginalized group, they were left out of the vaccination process and when we asked the health department, we received a very positive response.
Driving is currently limited to Guwahati but could be expanded across the country depending on the availability of vaccines.
There are an estimated 20,000 members of the transgender community in Assam.
Assam's COVID-19 count rose to 3,24,979 on Saturday as more than 5,347 people were diagnosed with the disease, with 63 recent deaths putting the death toll at 2,123, according to a report released by the National Health Mission. .
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