“Believe you can and you’re halfway there,” rightly said by Theodore Roosevelt and the same has certainly been turned into reality by a man in Jharkhand. He has set an example that physical disability cannot put you down. Gulshan Lohra, a resident of a remote village in Jharkhand, who lost both his limbs, took the COVID jab on his thigh.

Lohra hails from Manoharpur block in West Singhbhum district. He said that he did not face any post-vaccination issues. Moreover, he appealed others to get vaccinated and said that it is the only way to protect oneself from contracting the virus.

“I decided to take the vaccine at any cost to protect myself from COVID-19 as it is the only way to keep the virus away,” Lohra told The New Indian Express. 

As per the health officials of Jharkhand, Lohra has tried to give a big message to the vaccine hesitant people who are reluctant to take the vaccine due to various reasons.

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“Ideally a person is given the jab in his left hand. Since, Lohra is an amputee with both hands; we decided to administer COVID-19 vaccine in his left thigh,” said Manoharpur Medical Officer Narendra Sumbrai.

“Vaccine is an effective shield against COVID-19, which is hundred per cent safe also,” the doctor added.

It is important to note that people belonging to rural parts of the state, especially the tribal dominated districts of Jharkhand like – Gumla, Khunti, Simdega, West Singhbhum and other adjoining districts – are hesitant to get inoculated against COVID-19 due to several reasons. Some fear that they will die after getting vaccinated, while others fearof getting fever and becoming ‘impotent’ after the jabs are administered to them.

In past 24 hours, the COVID-19 tally of Jharkhand rose to 3,44,665 as 122 fresh COVID cases were detected. On the other hand, a new fatality pushed the death toll to 5,100, according to a health department bulletin.

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Therefore, the total active case in the state now stands at 1,489. Notably, 3,38,076 patients have recovered from the infection – including 228 – during the last 24 hours. The recovery rate in Jharkhand was recorded at 98.08 per cent, while the mortality rate in the state was recorded at 1.47 per cent, as per the bulletin.