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Panchkula, February 27
The Panchkula Health Department will start the next phase of Covid-19 vaccination on Monday, with inoculation of those above the age of 60, or above the age of 45 with co-morbidities that make them more vulnerable to the disease.
For now, it has been decided to conduct vaccination at all primary health centres and community health centres (PHCs/CHCs), polyclinic at Sector 26, Urban Health Centre, and in Sector 16.
Apart from this, eight private facilities empanelled under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) and the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) have been identified for the immunisation campaign. These facilities are Radha Devi Amravati Polyclinic, Ojas Super Speciality Hospital, Alchemist Hospital, Dhawan Hospital, Malik Medical and Diagnostic Centre, Navdeep Hospital, Raffles Hospital and Paras Hospital.
7835 Unaware of Covid-19 spread, residents play cards without wearing masks at Sector 5, Panchkula, on Friday. RAVI KUMAR
Amit Bathla
Panchkula, February 26
Amid Covid-19 cases witnessing a surge in Mohali, Chandigarh and other parts of the country, the Panchkula Health Department has stepped up preventive measures to ensure the situation remains under control in the district.
Help from RWAs for surveillance
The Health Department has requested RWAs to intimate the authorities if any symptomatic person arrives in their locality from Maharashtra and other affected areas so that they can be tested.
Present situation
With a maximum of 21 cases, the district reported 90 cases (about 13 per day) in the past one week. Only one person died between February 20 and 26. While the tally stands at 10,806, the toll remains 149.
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