Covid-19: 30-year-old woman dies, 17 fresh cases in Ludhiana

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 30

A 30-year-old woman from Mohi village died of Covid, while 17 fresh cases were reported from different parts of the district today.

Civil Surgeon Dr Kiran Ahluwalia said 22 Covid cases — 17 from Ludhiana district and five from other districts or states — were confirmed today. In Ludhiana, three persons came in contact with Covid positive patients, one visited OPD, seven with influenza like illness visited Flu Corner, while four patients are yet to be traced. Besides, one patient with severe acute respiratory infection also tested positive for virus.

Now, there are 326 active cases in the district. Six patients — one from Ludhiana and five from other districts or states — are on ventilator support.

The Civil Surgeon office has confirmed 86,964 cases of Ludhiana district and 11,503 cases of other districts or states to date. A total of 2,086 patients of Ludhiana district and 1,040 patients of other districts or states have died of virus, as per the Health Department report.

The vaccination drive was not conducted as vaccine supply was not received. A message ‘Vaccine out of stock’ was displayed at the Civil Surgeon office in Ludhiana today. District Immunisation Officer Dr Puneet Juneja said the vaccine will be made available from Saturday.

Mega vaccination camps on weekend, says DC

With 60,000 doses of the Covid vaccine arriving in Ludhiana on Friday, the administration will carry out a mega vaccination drive on Saturday and Sunday in every nook and corner of the district to cover all beneficiaries.

Addressing residents in his weekly Facebook Live session on the official page of the DPRO, Ludhiana, Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said 60,000 doses of the life-saving jab would arrive in Ludhiana on July 2, which would be utilised in the two-day mega vaccination drive on July 3 and July 4.

He said directions had been issued to all officials to organise inoculation camps in almost every area of the district to a maximum coverage of the beneficiaries.

He said vaccine was the only way to return to normalcy and the district administration would leave no stone unturned by vaccinating every eligible before the advent of the expected third wave. The officials were already spreading vaccine literacy among people so that everyone must get vaccinated to combat the virus effectively.

Answering the query of a resident, Sharma said special camps would also be organised for international students where they could get the jab by showing visa, passport, college admission, and other requisite documents.

The DC said: “Despite cases started to ebb, there was a greater need to be vigilant as the virus was still among people and we have to be cautious.”

He asked people to continue to follow Covid-19 appropriate behaviour.

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