Thepace of life-saving jab drive in Ludhiana is set to be intensified with theadministration, on Saturday, received 15140 doses of Covaxin vaccine ordered by20 industries for their workers.
Kick-startingthe vaccination at Ganga Acrowools limited near Doraha today, DeputyCommissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma and Commissioner of Police Rakesh Agrawalsaid that vaccination is the only way to prevent another wave of the Covid-19pandemic.
Theysaid that the stock of 15140 doses of vaccine ordered by 20 industries of theLudhiana through district administration has reached here and all the doseswould be administrated to the workforce of these industries in the next48-hours. The other industries where vaccination have started today are HeroCycle, Avon Industries, Ralson cycle and Sportking.
Theytold that directions have been issued to the health department to hold maximumcamps in these industries for ensuring all workers get the jab of COVIDvaccine.
Theysaid that the fresh doses would put the drive on the fast track and wouldensure a larger section of the industrial workforce get the shield at theearliest.
Theyemphasized that those countries where the vaccination drive was carried out onwar footing, have managed to save their people from the devastating wave ofCovid-19 which India faced.
Theydisclosed that the industry of Ludhiana had given an encouraging response tothe vaccination drive when the administration initiated vaccine at doorstepsdrive in March 2021 due to which the operations in their units remain underwayfor 24-hours in the deadly wave of the pandemic.
Theywelcomed the utmost interest taken by the industries in getting their workersvaccinated at the earliest and aggressive drive would help to save preciouslives from the pandemic.
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Theysaid that industries have upheld the tradition of Punjabis by helping theirworkers in getting the vaccine.
CIIvice-chairman and president of Ganga Acrowools Ltd Amit Thapar appreciated thePunjab Government for providing the vaccine at Rs 460 only on a priority basisand exhorted the other industrialists to avail the benefit of the government’soffer. He said that some of his industrialist friends in other states areunable to procure vaccine.