Covid vaccination camp held at Calangute; 625 vaccinated

The Goan NetworkPublished Apr 23, 2021, 12:35 AM IST

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Covid vaccination camp held at Calangute; 625 vaccinated

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A Covid vaccination camp "Tika Utsav" was organised by Panchayat of Calangute in association with Calangute Association, Lions Club of Calangute, Leo Club of Calangute and PHC Candolim at Calangute association hall. Nearly 625 people were vaccinated from Calangute.

A team from PHC Candolim headed by Medical officer Dr Nazareth interacted with people, cleared their doubts about vaccination and motivated them to get vaccinated.

Calangute MLA and Minister Michael Lobo appealed to villagers to follow Covid norms and spread the word about vaccination.

Also present were Sarpanch of Calangute Panchayat Shawn Martins, panchayat members, Lions Club of Calangute President MJF Lion Illyas Rajabali, Leo Club of Calangute President Leo Zainab Rajabali and other members of the club.

Merces gets new sarpanch

The Goan Network

Published Apr 23, 2021, 12:34 AM IST

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OLD GOAGeeta Kavlekar was elected unopposed as Merces sarpanch at a special meeting in the panchayat on Tuesday.Kavlekar was declared elected sarpanch as she was the lone candidate to file nomination for the top post.The post had fallen vacant after former sarpanch Rufina Quadros stepped down recently.Ten of the 11 panchas remained present for the election. They were Geeta Kavlekar, deputy sarpanch Armstrong Braganza, Sunita Palyekar, Sushant Govekar, Pranita Kalangutkar,…