HYDERABAD: The second phase of Covid-19
vaccination began for
frontline workers on Saturday with top officials getting the jab. Director general of police M
Mahendar Reddy took the
vaccine at
Tilaknagar urban health centre in the city.
He said no one should have any doubts about the efficacy of the vaccine. “Everyone should come forward to get vaccinated,” he said. Mahendar Reddy said there are 60,000 policemen in the state and urged everyone to get themselves vaccinated in the next four days, which have been allocated for
police personnel. “If necessary, we will ask for extension of time so that all policemen will get vaccinated,” he said.
Rachakonda police commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat, who was the first to take the shot at the PHC at Malkajgiri, said there are 48 vaccination centres in Rachankonda police limits in Medchal Malkajgiri, Rangareddy and Yadadri Bhuvanagiri districts. For each centre, a liaison officer had been appointed and a WhatsApp group has also been created, Bhagwat said. DMHO of Medchal Makajgiri said 1,500 frontline officers are being vaccinated in the district.
To instil confidence among the workforce, senior officials were the first ones to take the vaccine in the districts too. Bhadradri Kothagudem district collector MV Reddy and additional collectors — Venkateshwarlu and Anudeep Durushetty — took the shot at a PHC in Kothagudem.
During the second phase of the vaccination, police and revenue officials, municipal workers and panchayat raj staff can take the vaccine.
In Nalgonda, SP AV Ranganath took the vaccination and asked the cops of all ranks to get themselves vaccinated without any fear. Siddipet police commissioner Joel Davis and 485 policemen took the vaccine in the district. Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district collector Anita Ramachandran was personally present at the vaccination drive at the Government Area Hospital in Bhuvanagiri.
Sangeetha Satyanarayana, who was recently posted as collector of Peddapalli district, visited the government hospital in Peddpalli and inspected the
Covid-19 vaccination centre. She asked officials to increase the vaccination coverage.
On the first day of the second phase of vaccination, out of 910 policemen in Medak district, 171 took the vaccination. Medak SP Chandana Deepti said there are eight vaccination centres in the district for the cops to take the jab.