Youth urged to bust vaccine myths

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, May 27

The Punjab Youth Development Board, Chairman, Sukhwinder Singh Bindra, Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Surinder Dawar and Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma today urged youngsters to participate actively in awareness drives on Covid-19 in rural areas.

Participating in a virtual programme of Mission Fateh 2.0 under ‘Corona Mukt Punjab’ drive started by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder, the officials said the country has the largest youth population in the world. They bear a big responsibility to defeat the pandemic and bust myths regarding the vaccine, he added.

Urging the youth to play a proactive role, they said this is a kind of national duty and youth must fulfil it to protect the country from the deadly disease.

They said the youth can help in escalating the speed of inoculation drive by explaining effectiveness of vaccine against the virus and thus help to prevent the third wave of Covid.

Dawar said the state has 13,800 youth clubs, 15,000 NSS clubs and 600 red ribbon clubs and these have around 15 lakh youth as members. “The active participation of all youth members can make a positive difference in the battle against Covid-19,” he said.

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