Chandigarh Administration to start inoculating frontline workers today

Naina Mishra

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 2

The UT is going to begin with the inoculation of frontline workers from Wednesday onwards at two vaccination sites. The Central Government has identified 31,374 frontline workers in the city for Covid-19 vaccination.

The UT Health Department has identified 150 frontline workers from the Municipal Corporation and the Police Department for inoculation. At Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, as many as 50 frontline workers from the MC will be called for inoculation, whereas 100 cops will be called at Police Hospital, Sector 26. Anil Garg, Joint Commissioner, MC, said, “I am elated that frontline workers will now get the vaccine. They worked really hard during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a precaution everyone should take against the disease. I am not apprehensive about the vaccine at all. There are no second thoughts.”

At Police Hospital, the Director General Police (DGP) will be vaccinated and the Municipal Corporation Commissioner will be given a Covid jab at the GMSH-16.

The data of frontline workers was uploaded by the Centre. The portal was slow a day before the vaccination and the health department faced problems in identifying the departments of the frontline workers.

On Tuesday, as many as 216 healthcare workers were inoculated against a target of 500. Till now, 4,126 health workers have been vaccinated, which is just 48 per cent of the target. The UT has operationalised 12 vaccination sites till now. However, the vaccination sessions vary every day.

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