Avoid last-minute visit to vaccine centres, Panchkula residents urged

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, August 8

The Panchkula Health Department has urged residents to avoid coming to Covid vaccination centres in last minutes of the drive for seamless inoculation experience and facilitating optimum utilisation of vaccine dosage.

As vaccination takes place up to 3 pm in the district, health officials have asked the beneficiaries to reach the centres by 2:30 pm.

The officials said when beneficiaries reach the vaccination centres minutes before the closure time, they had to keep them waiting for others to join to open a new vial. “If no other person arrives, we have to open a new vial for just one beneficiary. It leads to wastage of vaccine,” said District Immunisation Officer Dr Meenu Sasan.

“We try to open a vial only after at least 10 people reach the centre. Hence, we ask residents to cooperate and try to reach the centres by 2:30 pm. We also have to keep the beneficiaries under observation for an hour,” she said.