Vaccine coverage 'poor' in Hisar, DC ropes in khap panchayat

Tribune News Service

Hisar, December 18

Deputy Commissioner Dr Priyanka Soni held a meeting with the khap panchayat representatives to seek their support to motivate rural people to get themselves vaccinated, in view of the possible third wave of Covid-19.

The Deputy Commissioner said the khap panchayat representatives assured him of launching a campaign in rural areas.

A target had been set to vaccinate 13,19,940 persons in the district, she said. “About 79 per cent of the people in the district have received the first dose and 39 per cent have got the second dose as well. We are intensifying the drive for vaccination in the villages that are lagging behind the target,” the Deputy Commissionersaid. The vaccination coverage is low in Hisar as compared to other districts of the state.

Khap representative Samsher Singh Poonia said, “During the second wave of Covid-19, Hisar reported maximum deaths,” he said.

Ramphal Bura of Bura khap panchayat said the representatives would launch contact programmes in every household to urge people to get themselves vaccinated.