DeputyCommissioner Ghanshyam Thori on Wednesday said that all those officials/employeesof the various departments who took part vigorously in novel coronavirus dutieswould be inducted as frontline workers in the ongoing vaccination drive.
Participatingin a video-conference presided over by Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan, DeputyCommissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that several departments and their staffmembers who were part of the COVID management team, will be given a vaccineshot as front line workers.
DeputyCommissioner told that personnel from several departments of revenue, PanchayatiRaj, sanitation, food, civil and supply, Powercom, education were engaged inCovid related works and actively took part in the management of Covid pandemicsince its beginning.
Hesaid that the war against the pandemic was fought collectively by alldepartments and determined efforts were made to contain the spread of thevirus.
GhanshyamThori directed the heads of all departments to send the detailed list of namesof their staff members who are willing to get COVID vaccination so that theycan be registered on the Covid portal.
Hesaid that till now in Jalandhar, 33,329 beneficiaries have been registered onthe portal including 15497 health and 17832 frontline workers. DeputyCommissioner said that 9987 beneficiaries including 6969 health and 3018frontline workers have been vaccinated.
Healso exhorted all registered beneficiaries to receive the vaccine according tothe schedule and made it clear that the vaccine is completely safe andeffective.
Appealingto the people not to fall prey to any kind of rumours, he said this vaccine wasvital to combat the pandemic and all of us must come forward in getting theshots.
However,Deputy Commissioner also added that in the coming days, Sewa Kendras will alsostart the service of enrollment of people under AB-Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna.
Healso directed the health, food, civil and supply, labour, district programoffice and others to generate the maximum awareness about this ambitious healthprogram of the state government which gives cashless health insurance cover ofRs. 5 Lakh/family/year.
Prominentamong present occasion included Estate Officer PUDA Navneet Kaur Bal, CivilSurgeon Dr Balwant Singh, Deputy Medical Commissioner Dr Jyoti, DistrictImmunization Officer Dr Rakesh Kumar Chopra and others.