“On 21st (June), at 7.27 pm, I received a message saying Vedant is vaccinated. He is just 13 years old. I tried to raise a complaint but it was of no use. When I downloaded the certificate using the link, I was shocked to find out they have used his documents which I submitted a few days back to the Municipal corporation for his pension (as a person with special needs),” Rajat Dangre told NDTV.
In a bizarre and shocking incident, the father of a 13-year-old disabled child in Bhopal received a message from the Madhya Pradesh government last Monday that his child had been vaccinated even though officially, India hasn’t started vaccinating children under the age of 18.
“On 21st (June), at 7.27 pm, I received a message saying Vedant is vaccinated. He is just 13 years old. I tried to raise a complaint but it was of no use. When I downloaded the certificate using the link, I was shocked to find out they have used his documents which I submitted a few days back to the Municipal corporation for his pension (as a person with special needs),” Rajat Dangre told NDTV.
More shocking is when Minister Vishwas Sarang was asked about this, so many people receiving certificates without being vaccinated, he outright dismissed it saying 'No such problem. I don't know from where you got the information. If we get will probe'
So will they probe?— Gargi Rawat (@GargiRawat) June 29, 2021
Madhya Pradesh set a national record on June 21, on the occasion of the country’s first day under the revised vaccine policy. It administered 17.42 Lakh COVID-19 vaccines but now, a growing number of “beneficiaries” in the state are coming out with allegations that they received vaccination certificates without getting even a single dose of the vaccine.
On the same day, Chainendra Pandey from Satna, received three messages within five minutes saying three people he did not know – Katikram, Kalindri, and Chandan – had been vaccinated. Shocked and confused, Chainendra failed to understand why he received the messages.
“Three messages within five minutes. Just the name is different. I have not got any vaccine to date,” the 52-year-old said.
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In Ratlam, a tax consultant had booked a vaccine slot for 21st June but couldn’t keep the date. However, he still received the SMS on his phone that he had been vaccinated.
“Message came at 4 pm that you have got the vaccine even though I did not go. How did I get the vaccine? I wrote about it on Facebook. Then the next day, I got a call saying please come and that is how I got the vaccine,” he said.
Medical Education Minister of Madhya Pradesh Vishwas Sarang, when asked about the anomalies was dismissive in his response to NDTV. He said “There is no such problem. I don’t know from where you got the information. I am hearing this for the first time. If anything comes up, we will get it investigated,”
On 21st, Madhya Pradesh said it had vaccinated 17.42 lakh people. On the 23rd, it was 11.43 lakh, on 24th it was 7.05 lakh, and on 26th, it was 9.64 lakh.
This was a dramatic surge from the days preceding when the state registered just 4,098 vaccinations on June 20, 24,700 on June 19, and only 11,742 on June 18.
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