4L vax doses reach Punjab today

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 21

The Centre has dispatched a consignment of four lakh Covishield doses which will reach Punjab tomorrow, said Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan today.

Chairing a high-level meeting of administrative secretaries and DCs, the Chief Secretary ordered a ban on all elective surgeries besides reserving 75 per cent beds in the private hospitals for Covid patients to help overcome the pandemic effectively.

‘Corona Fateh Kit’

• The Chief Secretary has ordered the delivery of the ‘Corona Fateh Kit’ (medical kit) and food kit to the eligible patient on the same day he/she tests positive.
• She emphasised the need to cover 100 vaccination beneficiaries per session.

Mahajan urged the people to come forward for vaccination as it was safe and the only way to defeat the pandemic. She also ordered the delivery of the ‘Corona Fateh Kit’ (medical kit) and food kit to the eligible patient on the same day he/she tests positive.

Vaccine wastage should be further brought down and Covaxin vaccination centres should be set up at district, sub-division and select private hospitals,” she said, while emphasising the need to strategise vaccination in a manner so that at least 100 beneficiaries were covered per session.

The Chief Secretary also asked the departments to ensure that the vaccine was being utilised by peripheral units and shift the unutilised vaccine to the nearest centre immediately.

Instructing the official machinery to go an extra mile to involve religious and social leaders in the fight against surging virus, the Chief Secretary said she had interacted with SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur following which she had extended her full support to the government in fighting the crucial battle. “The SGPC president has assured that Covid-appropriate behaviour was being followed at all religious places under its control and assured partnership with respect to conducting vaccination mobilisation,” the Chief Secretary shared.