Two doses of vaccine 98% effective, finds study on cops in Punjab

Vishav Bharti

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 30

A recent analysis of deaths among the Punjab Police personnel shows that vaccine seems to be a saviour for those infected with Covid.

Dr Rajesh Kumar, former head of the School of Public Health, PGI, analysed the Covid deaths of the cops between February 3 and June 28 and found that the number of deaths among those who did not get vaccinated was very high as compared to the ones who took the jab.

“The study shows 98 per cent protection among the cops after two doses of vaccine,” Dr Kumar said. So far, around 79,000 cops have been vaccinated of whom 57 per cent have received the second dose.

The study shows that 4,868 cops didn’t get even a single dose of vaccine and the number of casualties among them was 15. It makes 3.08 incidence per 1,000 population. However, among 35,856 who had received just one dose of the vaccine, the number of casualties was nine, bringing down the incidence to 0.25. There were just two deaths among the group of 42,720 fully vaccinated cops, bringing the incidence down to just 0.005.

Moga out of jabs

• Moga district has run out of vaccine and just 11 persons were vaccinated on Wednesday. On Tuesday, 102 got the shot
• Dr Ashok Singla, vaccination drive in charge, says the stock has dried up and senior health officials in Chandigarh have been informed about it