Ina historic moment on Saturday, the Ludhiana district administered Covid vaccinedoses to one million (10 lakh) residents, a feat achieved in five months. Withthis, Ludhiana becomes first district of Punjab to have achieved thisdistinction.
Hailingthe contribution of doctors, paramedics, NGOs and all stakeholders engaged inthe inoculation drive started in Ludhiana since January 16, 2021, MLA SurinderDawar, Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma and MC councillor Mamta Ashuspecially reached the civil hospital and congratulated them for this remarkableachievement.
Theysaid that the doctors and healthcare workers have not cared about harsh winterand prevailing scorching heat and are on forefront to giving jabs to the peopleby reaching nook and corner of the district.
Theysaid it is an incredible mark that has been achieved just because of doctorsand health workers of Ludhiana.
DeputyCommissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said that the administration now further hasscaled up the vaccination drive as we are looking at vaccinating the next onemillion beneficiaries in next two months. He said that still, theadministration has a stock of 55000 Covid vaccines and every eligible must turnup to get the jab to ensure the maximum number of vulnerable beneficiaries arecovered as fast as possible.
Sharmaemphasized that the people must not doubt the efficacy of any vaccine as bothCovishield and Covaxin are most effective and safe and would help to saveprecious lives.
Givingan example, he said that as Television comes in various brands in the marketbut they telecast the same shows/matches or movies and similarly, the bothvaccines has a same purpose which is to save lives from deadly disease.
Hesaid as per experts, the third wave can be prevented by building herd immunityand it is possible only with the speedy coverage of all beneficiaries in thisvaccination drive.
Meanwhile,MC Councillor Mamta Ashu appealed every MC, Sarpanch and Resident WelfareCommittee to come forward and motivate the people for getting the vaccine atthe earliest. She told that the next target is to cover every beneficiarybefore advent of third wave as reports suggest it has been surfaced in someforeign countries.
Prominentamong those present on the occasion included MC Councillor Sunny Bhalla, ADC(D) Sandeep Kumar, Assistant Commissioner (Under Training) Harjinder Singh,Civil Surgeon Dr Kiran Gill, Dr Bishav Mohan, besides several others.