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2,671 receive Covid jab

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Panchkula, February 8

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As many as 2,452 frontline workers, including Border Security Force (BSF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were vaccinated in the district on Monday. Now, the vaccine coverage rate is 73.6 per cent.

The Health Department had targeted to vaccinate 3,330 frontline workers. This was the first day of the vaccination drive for frontline workers, conducted on such a large scale.

Prior to this, only 216 frontline workers received the Covid vaccine.

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Meanwhile, 219 healthcare workers were also inoculated during the drive against a target of 170. The coverage rate for healthcare workers stood at 128.8 per cent.

In total, 2,671 beneficiaries were vaccinated today. The overall target for the day was 3,500.

The vaccination drive was held at 10 sites, including Paras Hospital, Urban Health Centre (UHC), Sector 16, Saket Hospital, Pinjore Primary Health Centre (PHC), Community Health Centre (CHC), Raipur Rani, Sector 6 Civil Hospital, Polyclinic Sector 26, ITBP, Bhanu, CRPF, Pinjore, and the CMO office.

Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue and Disaster Management) Sanjeev Kaushal and Panchkula Deputy Commissioner Mukesh Kumar Ahuja were among the beneficiaries to receive the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

No adverse effects following inoculation (AEFI) was reported today.

So far, 4,009 healthcare and 2,668 frontline workers have been vaccinated in the district.

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