The 108-yr-old woman, Heerabai Naguesh Parab, receives her first jab at the 'Tika Utsav' in Mulgao on Wednesday in the presence of Dr Sekhar Salkar, Dr Medha Salkar and others.
BICHOLIM
Having lived through two of the world's deadliest pandemics -- Spanish flu and Covid-19 -- in the last hundred years, a 108-year-old woman became Goa's oldest person to receive the Covid vaccine at Mulgao-Bicholim on Wednesday.
In a statement, Dr Shekhar Salkar, President of BJP State Medical Cell, said the 108-yr-old woman, Heerabai Naguesh Parab, received her first jab at the 'Tika Utsav' at Mulgao under the banner of BJP mandal, medical cell of BJP and Bicholim Community Health Centre.
“She is the oldest person to take the jab in Goa and may be oldest in India,” exclaimed Dr Salkar.
He informed that 223 people took the first jab during this community vaccination programme at Dhakti Vandevi hall from 9 am to 5.30 pm.
Speaker Rajesh Patnekar, Dr Medha Salkar, other BJP karyakartas were present during the vaccination drive.
