Fully vaccinate eligible Chandigarh residents in week: Adviser

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 30

UT Adviser Dharam Pal today asked the Health Department to fully vaccinate the target population in the city within one week.

He further directed that Covid protocol, including wearing of mask and social distancing, should be strictly enforced on those who had not completed their vaccination schedule.

There has been a sudden increase in the daily number of Covid vaccination. From about 3,500 doses a couple of weeks before, the daily average jab count reached over 10,000 now. Nearly 11,500 people were administered the vaccine today.

The first dose of the vaccine has been given to about 115 per cent and second dose to about 87 per cent of the UT’s targeted population. “If the current pace of vaccination continues for the next few more days, the UT can achieve the target of 100 per cent second dose vaccination within a week. A total of five more vaccination teams were formed today and efforts are being made to add 20 more vaccination teams tomorrow,” said UT Health Secretary Yashpal Garg.