DC, CP, SSP get vaccine shots

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, February 3

Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori, Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar and Senior Superintendent of Police (Jalandhar Rural) Sandeep Kumar Garg on Wednesday launched the second phase of Covid vaccination drive for other frontline warriors after they received the Covid jab at the Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Civil Hospital session site.

Under the second phase of the vaccination drive, 17,748 other frontline warriors, including civil, police officials of Jalandhar, have been already registered at the CoWin app and would be covered in the coming days.

The top brass of the civil and police administration not only received the vaccine but also followed all mandatory protocols.

Accompanied by Civil Surgeon Dr Balwant Singh, Medical Superintendent Dr Parminder Kaur, the DC said the Health Department had set up six-session sites for covering other frontline warriors at the Dada Colony, Khurla Kingra, Basti Guzan, PAP and Phillaur Community Health Centres (CHC) and Civil Hospital, Jalandhar. He said elaborate arrangements have been made by the district administration for a smooth and hassle-free immunisation drive. He said the district administration had built a capacity to store over 12 lakh vaccines with all points linked with cooling features to maintain the required temperature for the vaccine.

He said this was the beginning of the end of the pandemic and urged people not to fall prey to rumours regarding vaccination, as it was safe and efficacious. He said nearly 7,000 health workers have been covered under the first phase of the inoculation drive and others were getting the shot as per the schedule.

Bhullar and Garg said all employees of the force have done a commendable job during curfew and lockdown in the pandemic and served people through the distribution of food packets, medicines and other essentials at their doorsteps by putting their own lives at risk.

They exhorted all employees of the department to come forward and take the Covid jab. Meanwhile, DCP Gurmeet Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Jagjit Singh Saroya, Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs) Bimal Kant, Harsimrat Singh, and others also received the vaccine. As per the Health Department, 246 other frontline warriors received the Covid vaccine on Wednesday.