Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, November 17

To ensure 100 per cent target of Covid-19 vaccination is achieved, an awareness rally was taken out in various blocks of Kapurthala by schoolchildren today.

On the directions of Civil Surgeon Dr Gurinderbir Kaur and as per the ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign, rallies were taken out in various blocks. The Civil Surgeon said the campaign was being run from November 3 to November 30. She said the aim was to cover all 618 villages of the district.

Dr Gurinder Bir Kaur said the purpose of including students in the campaign was to ensure all citizens became part of the drive. She said awareness teams of the state Health Department had been set to check the status of vaccination of people. The teams were holding door-to-door visits to clear people’s misconceptions about the vaccine.

The Civil Surgeon appealed to people to cooperate with the health teams. At Fattu Dhinga also, a rally was taken out by schoolchildren under Senior Medical Officer Dr Rajiv Prashar.

District reports three new cases

With three new Covid cases reported on Wednesday in Jalandhar, the total tally touched 63,446. No new death was reported and the number of fatalities remained 1,496. As many as 6,1918 people have recovered in the district, while the number of active cases is 32. Of 17,95,250 samples collected in the district, so far, 16,60,039 have tested negative. Results of as many as 1,244 samples is awaited. Meanwhile, no new case or death was reported in Kapurthala, and the total number of infected persons remained 17,863.