Withthe Covid pandemic has started spreading its tentacles in Ludhiana, DeputyCommissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma urged the citizen of the district to shunthe vaccine hesitancy and accept the Covid shots to build vaccine-induced herd immunity.
Interactingwith the people in his weekly Facebook live session, Deputy Commissioner saidit is really sad that the people of the targeted category are not much comingforward for the vaccine despite the surge in the Covid cases. He said that itmust be stopped and people must embrace the vaccine to win the war against theinvisible enemy in form of the infectious disease.
Assertingthat both Covishield and Covaxin vaccines are safe and effective, the DeputyCommissioner said that by not accepting the vaccine, we are not fulfilling ourresponsibility towards the country.
Hesaid that we are lucky enough to have two vaccines to contain pandemic asseveral countries in this world are still in the process of developing thevaccine.
Hetold that the district administration has adequate stock of 70,000 vaccines inthe district and vaccination is being carried out freely in all the governmenthospitals besides the facility has been ensured at Rs 250 in the private healthinstitutions.
Answeringa query, he said that night curfew is very much effective in curbing the virusas the people remain cautious about avoiding partying during the nights.