Covid vaccine's first dose given to 6 lakh in Mohali

Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 15

To defeat Covid under Mission Fateh-02, the first dose of the Covid vaccine has been administered to 6.07 lakh people in the district and the second dose has been given to about 93,000 people, said Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan.

The DC was presiding over the annual meeting to review the health services in the district at District Administrative Complex here today.

Girish Dayalan said a large scale vaccination campaign was being carried out in the district.

He said the Punjab Government was providing free treatment facility for Rs5 lakh to the beneficiaries of the Sarbat health insurance Scheme in government and empanelled private hospitals.

Under the scheme, 1.83 lakh e-cards had been created so far and more than 80,000 families were covered. Around 8,000 people were given free treatment in government hospitals, he added.

Dayalan said under the scheme, more than 30,000 people had been treated free of cost in private empanelled hospitals and Rs26,58,72,946 released to these hospitals.

He also asked the officers to ensure that a maximum number of eligible beneficiaries were covered under the scheme.

The Deputy Commissioner said the district administration was also making continuous efforts to control dengue and these measures would be further enhanced in the near future.

He said so far this year, 11 cases of dengue had been reported and 13 special teams had been formed for prevention of dengue and 30 breed ing checkers had been appointed.