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CHANDIGARH: Unhappy with health workers showing little interest in taking Covid vaccine, despite repeated pleas and extension of the last date, the Punjab government on Sunday announced that it will not pay for the treatment of medical professionals who will contract coronavirus. Not only that, they will also not be allowed to avail quarantine/isolation leave.
Punjab is among the worst-performing states with below 40% coverage against the national average of 60%.
Pointing out the rise in number of Covid-19 cases in recent days, Punjab health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu stated that there were only 2,000 active cases about three weeks back. The number of active cases has crossed the 3,000 mark. He further said that Punjab is among six states in the country where cases are rising.
JALANDHAR: Notwithstanding the claims of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), AAP, and BJP, the civic election results have confirmed a vacuum in Punjab’s opposition space.
Even as the Akalis emerge the “biggest” opposition party in these elections, they remain a distant second in the municipal corporations and committees, where the Congress took the lion’s share of seats.
The only solace for the SAD is that other two opposition players the Aam Aadmi Party and ally-turned-opponent BJP have performed even worse. It was AAP mainly that damaged the SAD in the 2014 Lok Sabha and 2017 assembly polls. The SAD failed to keep its flock together even in the 2019 parliamentary fight and has since not recovered the ground.
Punjab cabinet minister Balbir Singh Sidhu s brother Amarjeet Singh Sidhu won from ward number 10 of the Mohali civic body.
CHANDIGARH: The ruling Congress in Punjab won the Mohali municipal corporation polls on Thursday by registering victory in 37 of the 50 wards.
After the final counting of votes, the Congress won 37 wards, while independents bagged the remaining 13, officials said.
With this, the ruling party registered victory in seven municipal corporations and emerged as the leading party in the Moga municipal corporation, where no party got a clear majority.
Punjab minister Balbir Singh Sidhu s brother Amarjeet Singh Sidhu won from ward number 10 of the Mohali municipal corporation.