Parvesh Sharma

Tribune News Service

Sangrur, June 27

At a time when many people in rural areas are unwilling to get vaccinated against Covid, five villages in Sangrur and Barnala districts have got 100 per cent populace in the age group of 45-plus inoculated.

With the support of village panchayats, health teams have succeeded in getting vaccinated all eligible residents in Raisar Punjab, Majhuke, Hardaspura and Ramgarh villages of Barnala and Deh Kalan village of Sangrur. Besides, village residents are motivating their relatives to get inoculated.

“Our teams have been working hard to convince maximum number of residents for vaccination. We have administered one lakh doses of Covid vaccine. All residents of four villages in the 45-plus category have received Covid vaccination. We are trying to undertake 100 per cent vaccination in other villages also,” said Tej Partap Singh Phoolka, Deputy Commissioner, Barnala.

As per information shared by the Barnala Health Department, Hardaspura village has 1,558 residents, of which 375 are 45 plus; in Ramgarh, there are 790 in the age group of 45 plus; of the total 2,954 residents, in Majhuke village, there are 580 who are 45 plus; and of the total population of 2,585 in Raisar village, there are 493 persons in the age group. In Deh Kalan village of Sangrur, 245 persons in the age group of 45 plus have got vaccinated.