The Government of Punjab is going to commence a freeCOVID vaccination campaign for people with specified Co-morbidities in 18-44years age group and for the families of Private and Government Healthcareworkers from Friday (14th May).
Disclosing this Health Minister Mr Balbir Singh Sidhusaid that for this campaign, 157 COVIDVaccination Centres have been set up across the state.
Mr Sidhu said that under this campaign people agedbetween 18-44 years having one or multiple specified co-morbidities from thelist of 22 co-morbid conditions will be vaccinated. Anyone suffering from thesespecific co-morbidities can visit the nearest vaccination centre with valid IDproof and a valid prescription/certificate from the doctor.
Besides this, family members of healthcare workers canalso visit these centres to get themselves vaccinated.
Health Minister said that 18-44 years age groupvaccination has been launched in a phased manner and vulnerable and high-riskpopulation groups are being covered first. All the eligible beneficiaries inthis age group will be vaccinated soon. He said that so far, 41,33,561 peoplehave been inoculated in the state. A total of 34,40,356 people have receivedthe 1st dose while 6,93,205 people are fully vaccinated with the 2nd dose. Thestate has received 43,07,640 doses till date, out of which 1 Lakh doses areprocured by the state itself for this age group.
Mr Sidhu appealed to everyone to get a jab at the earliestand to follow the Covid Appropriate Behaviours as these are the only ways tofight the pandemic.