Vaccine slots for 18-44 age group to open in Chandigarh from Friday

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, May 13                     

From tomorrow onwards, appointment slots will be opened at 10 am every day from 23 May onwards for those registering for the COVID-19 vaccine in the 18-44 age group in Chandigarh.

The Chandigarh Administration on Thursday declared many parts of the city as containment zones amid the rapid spread of COVID-19.

The areas declared as containment zones are part of Sector 2, part of Sector 7, part of Sector 10, part of Sector 22, part of Sector 27, part of Sector 28, part of Sector 33, part of Sector 34, part of Sector 35, part of Sector 36, part of Sector 37, part of Sector 44, part of Sector 49, part of Sector 52, part of Maloya Small Flats, Maloya Colony, part of Dadu Majra Colony, part of Mariwala Town, part of Manimajra, part of Modern Housing Complex 30, and part of Ramdarbar Phase 1.

The order has declared the above areas and pockets as containment zones and also directed that regular screening and monitoring of the areas by medical teams will continue.

Frequent sanitization of the areas by municipal authorities will be conducted and the residents will be advised to strictly maintain social distancing norms, wear masks and follow hand hygiene.

The order will come into force with immediate effect.