Patna, January 6: A 84-year-old man from from Aurai village in the Puraini block of Madhepura district has claimedĀ that he took the Covid-19 vaccine 11 times.Ā State health department officials haveĀ launched a probe into the matter.

Brahmadeo Mandal, was caught before heĀ could take his 12th shot at a local primaryĀ health centre. Ā Covaxin COVID-19 Vaccine Found To Be Safe and Immunogenic in 2-18 Years Old Volunteers in Phase II/III Trials, Says Bharat Biotech

According to a report in The New Indian Express, Mandal pulled this off by providing different identity cards and mobile phone numbers of his relatives to health care workers. Mandal claimed that not only was the vaccine a "wonderful thing" that had been introduced by the government, but also that he felt better each time he took the shot.

He claims to be a retired postal departmentĀ employee. According to him, he gotĀ vaccinated once each in February, March,Ā May, June, July and August. In September, heĀ got the vaccine three times.

Mandal used his Aadhar card, voter identityĀ card and other documents to get vaccinatedĀ multiple times. He said that he furnished hisĀ Aadhar card and mobile phone number toĀ get jabbed eight times, and his voter ID cardĀ and his wife's mobile phone number threeĀ times more. The civil surgeon of MadhepuraĀ Dr Amrendra Pratap Shahi said,"I have already ordered inĀ inquiry to find out the truth. The probe willĀ find out how the man in question managedĀ to get so many shots of Covid vaccines.ā€

Mandal claimed that on February 13, he received the vaccine for the first time in the old PHC. On March 13, the second dose was given to him at the old PHC. After two months, on May 19, the third dose was given at Aurai Sub Health Center. On June 16, he got hisĀ fourth dose atĀ Bhupendra Bhagat's camp in Kota. The fifth dose was administered in the camp at Old Badi Haat School on July 24.

Then following one month, on August 31, the sixth dose was given at Nathbaba Sthan Camp. On September 11, the seventh dose was injected at Badi Haat School. On September 22, he went to Badi Haat School and had his vaccine for the eighth time. After two days, on September 24, the health sub-centre Kalasan administered him a vaccine for the ninth time. He received the vaccine for the tenth time in Parbatta, Khagaria district. For the 11th time, heĀ arrived in Bhagalpur's Kahalgaon and received a dosage of COVID-19Ā vaccine. He was prepared to take the medication for the 12th time before authorities realised what was going on. Ā Ā Bihar: Dead Woman Given Second Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine in Patna

This is not the first time that a strangeĀ occurrence has transpired in regard toĀ Covid-19 vaccines. While there were initiallyĀ multiple reports of people refusing to takeĀ the jab and going to extreme lengths to avoidĀ it, some cases of fake certificates have alsoĀ emerged. In December 2021, KarpiĀ community health centre at Bihar's ArwalĀ district uploaded a list of Covid-19Ā vaccinated people including Prime MinisterĀ Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah,Ā Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and actorsĀ Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra on theirĀ portal.

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