69.2% of dist population has got first dose, 25.9% second

Ludhiana: With about 70% of its population having received the first dose of vaccination against Covid, Ludhiana ranks second in the state. Around 26% have received both the doses.
The health department data shows even as vaccination of healthcare, frontline workers and above 45-year-old persons had started more than seven months ago, their sizeable percentage hasn’t received both the doses.
As per the state government’s report of Friday evening, 25.9 per 100 persons of the district’s population have received both the vaccine doses. With this, Ludhiana is among six districts of the state that have a better value. At 39.3 of 100 persons, SAS Nagar has the highest number of fully vaccinated residents, followed by Hoshiarpur (34.7), Jalandhar (29.9), Pathankot (28.1) and SBS Nagar (27.2). In Mansa, just 11 per 100 persons of the entire population have received both the jabs.
As many as 69.2 per 100 persons of the district population have received the first dose. On the parameter, SAS Nagar is at the top in the state (87.1 per 100 persons), Ludhiana second, Jalandhar (64.6) third, SBS Nagar (63.5) fourth, Pathankot and Hoshiarpur (both 62.5) fifth. In Sangrur, 43.2 per 100 persons of the population have received the first dose.
In Punjab, 52.1 per 100 persons have received the first shot and 19.8 per 100 the second.
The health department officials said second dose vaccinations will be carried out in the coming time, as over 90% of the eligible persons have received the first shot.
Civil surgeon Dr S P Singh said, “We are holding vaccination camps. People whose second dose is due must go to the nearest vaccination site to get inoculated. The second dose is due after 84 days of the first.”
Sources said, “The first vaccination dose figure is high, but the low number of residents receiving the second jab is a cause of worry for the department. The department needs to motivate people to come forward.”
The officials said around 26.32 lakh persons (above 18-year-old) are eligible for vaccination in the district.
“People should go for the second dose as well to check the third wave. Also, it is important to follow the pandemic rules,” said former president of Ludhiana IMA Dr Narotam Dewan.