Ludhiana: 26,483 people get vaccinated for Covid-19 in district today

LUDHIANA: The Ludhiana residents created a record of sorts when 26,483 people got vaccinated for Covid-19

vaccine

in the district today.

To ensure that maximum number of Ludhiana residents are vaccinated, the

district administration

started “Vaccination at your doorstep” initiative, under which camps were organised in Mohallas, clubs, factories, business/commercial establishments etc since March 26, 2021.

Starting Saturday, district administration Ludhiana is organising a special 2-day drive, under which several camps were being set up in almost every prominent part of the district.

Amid the sharp uptick in the Covid-19 cases in Ludhiana, the district administration on March 26, 2021, had launched a unique initiative ‘Vaccine at Doorsteps’ to inoculate a larger population in a short period to break the transmission chain of virus.

Minister

Bharat Bhushan Ashu

said that under the ‘Vaccine at Doorsteps’ initiative, there is no need to go and stand in the queue at the

vaccination

centre as now health teams will visit particular area/factory/village/residential society or private establishments for which the need is just to dial up administration for vaccination camp in their localities or premises.

Deputy commissioner disclosed that the administration will send the health teams to vaccinating all eligible at all places from where it would receive the call.

Urging the people to shun hesitance and embrace the vaccine, Sharma stressed that our scientists have left no stone unturned to develop the vaccine and accepting it social responsibility towards the nation, we should get the vaccine at the earliest to save the precious lives from the pandemic.

He said when there was no vaccine, people were drying in large numbers and praying for vaccine and now the vaccine is here, the people must come forward to get a jab to win the war against the pandemic. He said that such camps would continue in coming days as well.