Tribune News Service

Panchkula, July 4

With 1,030 more beneficiaries taking the second jab of Covid-19 vaccine today, the number of fully vaccinated people in Panchkula reached 68,851. As per the data, 16.75 per cent of the targeted adult population (4.10 lakh) has completed the two-dose vaccination course.

Among those fully vaccinated, the highest 41.20 per cent (28,371) beneficiaries are in the 60+ category, followed by 33.25 per cent (22,893) in the 45-59 age group, 11.30 per cent (7,785) frontline workers, 7.30 per cent (5,032) healthcare workers and 6.92 per cent (4,770) in the 18-44 age group.

3,876 jabbed on Sunday

A total of 3,876 doses were administered at 13 government and three private centres here on Sunday. With this, the total doses administered so far reached 3.15 lakh.

Vaccination picks up pace

Covid-19 vaccination drive has picked up pace in the district since June 21 after new vaccine policy of the Centre came into effect. In the past two weeks, the district has managed to administer 68,230 doses at a daily average of over 4,800. It includes the figures of a mega vaccination drive conducted on June 21 where 18,724 doses were administrated at 65 centres.

On June 27, there was no Covid vaccination due to Pulse Polio Sub-National Immunisation Day in the district.

MC to felicitate 34 Covid warriors

The Panchkula Municipal Corporation has decided to felicitate its 34 employees, who played a key role in cremating bodies of Covid patients. They will be felicitated with certificates and cheques for Rs2,100 and Rs5,100 out of the total honorarium amount received by Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal in the last two months. They will be honoured at an event to be organised in Haripur village in Sector 4 on Tuesday. Among the total employees to be felicitated, seven are cremation ground workers, 19 safai mitras, a data entry operator, a gardener and six sanitisation workers.