No entry without jab or -ve report, Chandigarh Housing Board tells its officials
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 15
In a strict warning, the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has banned the entry of officials without a proof of vaccination or a negative RT-PCR report.
In an order, Yashpal Garg, Chief Executive Officer, CHB, said directions were issued on August 29, 2021, that officials who had not taken at least their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine would not be allowed entry in the office without a negative RT-PCR report of the past 72 hours.
As per the data compiled by the administrative branch, some officials have not taken their first dose of the vaccine. “These officials will not be allowed to attend office from tomorrow without a negative RT-PCR report of the past 72 hours or a certificate of the first dose of the vaccine,” said Garg.
Regarding outsourced staff, he said it was decided that the outsourcing agency would be requested to replace the outsourced staff who have not taken their first dose. “Substitutes to be provided by the outsourcing agency must have taken at least the first dose,” he added.
