Farooq Abdullah, his wife receives Covid-19 vaccine

Regional National Conference (NC) President and Member of Parliament, Farooq Abdullah received the first Covid-19 vaccine dose along with his British-born wife at a Srinagar hospital on Tuesday.

The veteran leader’s son and party Vice-President, Omar Abdullah made the announcement on Twitter and put a picture of his father receiving the jab.

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“Thank you to the doctors, nurses and staff at SKIMS, Srinagar. Today my 85-year-old father and my mother had their first Covid jab. My father has a number of health issues including being on immunosuppressants for a kidney transplant. If he can get the vaccine, you should as well,” he tweeted.

Abdullah had undergone a kidney transplant in 2014 when his wife Molly donated her kidney.

India began the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination on Monday for people above 60 years of age, and people above 45 years of age with co-morbidities