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Aparna Banerji
Jalandhar, April 16
After having temperature for a few days, Sunny Verma (42) was taken to a private hospital where he was tested for Covid. His report came negative. He was referred to another hospital where he was admitted, but his condition deteriorated and he died after three days. All through his treatment his Covid report (he was tested twice) remained negative.
3,915 cases, 51 deaths
Chandigarh: Punjab continued to be on the edge with 3,915 new Covid cases and 51 deaths. Ludhiana and Mohali continued to take the state tally up with 598 and 560 cases, respectively. Bathinda, which witnessed 266 fresh cases, has the highest positivity rate of 24.77 per cent, followed by Mohali (16.63) and Amritsar (15.90). The highest number of deaths was reported from Amritsar (7) and Ludhiana (6). The total active cases in the state stand at 30,745. TNS
5089 DC Ghanshyam Thori and ADC Jasbir Singh meet Civil Surgeon Dr Gurinder Kaur Chawla and health officers regarding Covid vaccine arrival in Jalandhar on Tuesday. Tribune Photo
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, December 22
Further stepping its efforts to ensure an effective mechanism for administering Covid-19 vaccine whenever it arrives, the district administration on Tuesday has earmarked 33 session sites (vaccination sites), where the vaccine would be given to frontline health workers under its first phase.
Presiding over a meeting of the district task force at the District Administrative Complex, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said these 33 sites include 24 in urban and nine in the rural belt of the district, where a five-member team including one vaccinator, two support staff, security personnel and one person to verify documents for 100 frontline workers would be deputed at each site.