78% inoculated, Mohali on top

Mohali, July 4

With 78 per cent eligible persons having got jabbed against Covid, Mohali has emerged as the leading district in the state in immunisation against the deadly virus.

Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said civil and medical officers of the district  were working together to get people inoculated. He said they were reaching out to people through outreach camps and door-to-door vaccination drives. He said in the mega vaccination camps held on Saturday, more than 20,000 people were jabbed in one day against the target of 15,000. Out of the total 20,959 vaccinated, 15,469 got the first dose while 5,490 were administered the second shot.

Dayalan said public reluctance and fear surrounding the vaccine were reduced to a large extent, and they would continue to work on a war footing to counter the possible third wave of Covid.

He said in view of the spread of Delta variant in Britain and other European countries, it had become important to bring more people under the ambit of vaccination. The Deputy Commissioner said every household should ensure that all eligible members of the family were vaccinated. TNS

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