Mohali (Punjab) [India], May 29 (ANI): Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Friday inaugurated the COVID fast testing machine 'ID Now' at Mohali's SAS Nagar district hospital.
Chandigarh, May 11
Vying to be number one in vaccination coverage, various district administrations in Punjab are learnt to be flouting age norms.
40 lakh given jab so far
Around 7 lakh healthcare and frontline workers have been given the first dose and over 2 lakh the second
25 lakh beneficiaries in the 45-plus category have been given the first dose and 2.5 lakh the second
Around 40 lakh have been administered vaccine in Punjab so far
Though the state government has not yet allowed vaccination for the general public in the 18 to 45 age group, several people in this category are being inoculated out of turn across Punjab. A reality check found that the practice was more rampant in Mohali, Gurdaspur, Mansa and Bathinda districts. The authorities in these districts are reportedly vaccinating those below the age of 45 years after showing them as “frontline workers”. The Mohali district administration even organised special camps where beneficiaries were inoculated irrespectiv
A Punjab official told India Today TV that the state was better off as there were several well-equipped hospitals. “However, the increase in positivity rate is a cause of worry,” he claimed.
A civil surgeon in Mohali echoed similar concerns. We are inundated with calls for ICU beds and oxygen. We do admit patients from Delhi. But not all are capable of making it. We have told them some may have to return to their city. The situation is under control now. However, there has been a steady rise in cases and I cannot predict the future. If people do not follow Covid-appropriate protocols, we may witness trouble,” Adarshpal Kaur told India Today TV.
Mohali, March 9
The Education Department is keeping its fingers crossed as about 50 teachers have been found Covid positive in various schools in the district. The department is awaiting the reports of test samples of students to decide the future course of action.
Almost one or two cases of teachers being found infected with the virus are being reported from the schools daily. Teachers and the other staff were reportedly taking precautions as per the Covid protocol and it is not clear from where they got infected.
Sources in the department said mostly teachers who were coming for duty on buses were infected with the virus.
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Mohali, March 5
Eight teachers of Government Model Senior Secondary School in Phase 3B1 tested positive for Covid, giving a major scare to the staff and parents of close to 2,200 students enrolled in the institution. As a precautionary measure, the administration has ordered an aggressive testing of students with 300 tests being ordered to be conducted in the school on Monday.
Six teachers had tested positive on Wednesday while two more were found to have contracted the virus on Thursday. The school had been closed for four days, said an official. “Each and every student, teacher and staff member will be tested from Monday onwards. We are working out the modalities,” said Civil Surgeon Dr Adarshpal Kaur.