An elderly man gets the jab at the GMSH-16 in Chandigarh on Monday.
Mohali, March 8
As many as 1,224 persons – 1,099 senior citizens and 125 persons aged between 45 and 59 with comorbidities - were administered Covid vaccine at seven government hospitals and 29 private hospitals in the district today.
3,435 jabbed in Chandigarh
- Chandigarh: As many as 3,435 persons were inoculated in the city on Monday. Among those jabbed were 2,338 senior citizens and 186 in the age group of 45-59 with comorbidities. TNS
Civil Surgeon Dr Adarshpal Kaur said 5,042 senior citizens and 767 persons with comorbidities had been vaccinated so far. A total of 117 healthcare workers, including 120 first-timers, and 223 frontline workers, including 118 first-timers, got the jab today.
Dr Adarshpal said so far 6,223 and 3,062 healthcare workers had got the first and second dose of the vaccine, respectively. Similarly, 4,515 and 227 frontline workers had got the first and second dose, respectively. —TNS
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