UP Government to come up with policy to vaccinate differently abled.

The High Court at Allahabad directed the State Government to formulate a policy to vaccinate differently abled persons. Attention was drawn to the guidelines issued by the World Health Organization for considerations in respect of differently abled persons during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Relevant extracts of the said order have been reproduced below-

“Sri Rajat Rajan Singh, learned Advocate has moved an intervention application in which it has been pleaded that Government must come up with specific policy to vaccinate physically challenged persons. Sri Rajat Rajan Singh, who also appeared through video conferencing has drawn the attention of the Court to the guidelines issued by the World Health Organization for disability considerations in respect of physically challenged persons during the Covid-19 outbreak and submitted that it is quite unfortunate that till date in the entire vaccination programme undertaken by the State Government it was not provided as to what were the guidelines for vaccination specific to the physically challenged persons.

We find merit in the argument advanced by Sri Rajat Rajan Singh and direct him to supply a copy of the petition to the learned Additional Advocate General as well as learned Additional Solicitor General of India so that on the next date fixed both the Advocates may place before the Court the guidelines prepared for vaccination programme specific to the physically challenged persons.”