Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, August 21
Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan on Friday while reviewing the progress of the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre on site in Medicity at New
CoWin shows vaccination successful without giving jab
In the midst of the coronavirus crisis and consequent vaccine hesitancy, senior officers of Mohali district in Punjab have set an example by starting a philanthropy initiative by adopting a village to sponsor vaccine for an entire population between 18 and 44 years from their pocket.
They have adopted Masol village, some 30 km from the district headquarters, where the 45 plus population has already been vaccinated, said Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan, who led the first-of-its-kind initiative.
Dayalan along with other officers Additional Deputy Commissioners Aashika Jain and Rajiv Kumar Gupta and Sub-divisional Magistrates Himanshu Jain, Kuldeep Bawa and Jagdeep Sehgal have decided to bear the vaccination.
The samples have now been sent to a Bhopal facility for confirmation. According to an official, the samples were collected from the poultry farms at Behra village in Mohali s Dera Bassi and were tested at the Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Jalandhar. The samples have now been sent to the Bhopal s National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases for confirmation, the official added. The Bhopal facility is the final authority for declaring bird flu. Meanwhile, Mohali Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan sought to allay fears over the supected cases. He said the administration is alert and regular sampling is being done to keep tabs on suspected cases of bird flu.
Punjab reports first suspected case of bird flu, samples sent to Bhopal for confirmation
India
Updated: Friday, January 15, 2021, 23:31 [IST]
Chandigarh, Jan 15: Punjab on Friday reported its first suspected cases of bird flu with samples from two poultry farms in Mohali testing positive for avian influenza.
The samples have now been sent to a Bhopal facility for confirmation.
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According to an official, the samples were collected from the poultry farms at Behra village in Mohali s Dera Bassi and were tested at the Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Jalandhar.
The samples have now been sent to the Bhopal s National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases for confirmation, the official added. The Bhopal facility is the final authority for declaring bird flu.