Panchkula to become fully vaccinated district by Jan 15

Amit Bathla

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, January 6

As cases go up, the Health Department has fixed a target to become a fully vaccinated district by January 15. Though the district had achieved 100 per cent first dose coverage in the first week of September last year, the second dose coverage for targeted adults is still 95.7 per cent.

Haryana Speaker and local MLA Gian Chand Gupta today presided over a meeting on Covid preparations and asked officials concerned by when they could administer both doses to eligible population of adults. In response, the officials said they could achieve the target by January 15.

Dr Meenu Sasan, District Immunisation Officer, said they would give their 100 per cent to achieve the target.

“As cases rise at an exponential pace, our vaccination staff are already on target to vaccine every adult with both doses of the vaccine. We will further strengthen the vaccine drive in the district,” she said.

She added they would also extend the timings of vaccination at selected centres beyond 2 pm.

The vaccine pace picked up pace after the Haryana Government decided to allow only fully vaccinated people in public areas from January 1.

Over 7,000 teens jabbed in 4 days

Of 40,000 teenagers to be vaccinated in the district, more than 7,000 have received their first jab. The first dose coverage of population aged 15-17 years stands at 18.1 per cent. The vaccine drive for teenagers had begun in the district on January 3.