Baramulla: Rehtee Begum, a resident of Shrakwara Block Wagoora, Bramullah district supposedly aged 124 years was administered first Covid shot as part of the door-to-door vaccination campaign, the officials said.
Jammu and Kashmir’s Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) put out a tweet about the woman getting the jab and mentioned her age as 124 years. She was was among over 9,000 persons who were administered COVID-19 vaccine in the union territory on Wednesday, officials said, but did not provide any proof of her age.
A total of 9,289 persons, including healthcare and frontline workers, were vaccinated against the disease on Wednesday across 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir, they said, adding so far 33,58,004 jabs have being administered in the UT.
If the official statement is to be believed, then the woman happens to be the oldest surviving person in the world.
The official statement on Rehtee Begum’s age is based on an entry on the ration card of her son, which mentions her age as 124
.However, there was no official confirmation or corroboration of the woman’s age as there was no proof provided by the woman or her family. Block Development Officer, Wagoora, Abdul Rashid Ganie – who led the vaccination team — said he cannot certify the woman’s real age.
The officer said when the team asked her about her age, all she said was that she has crossed 100 years.
