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Covid-19 vaccination in Chandigarh for 18 years is being rolled out gradually but the priority is for those who are above 45 waiting for the second dose, officials said on Thursday.Vaccination for above 18 population is being rolled out .
Naina Mishra
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 13
The vaccination booking slots in Chandigarh for beneficiaries of the new age group (18-45 years) opened on Thursday at 2:55 pm.
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6446 A senior citizen being inoculated at the civil dispensary in Sector 38, Chandigarh, on Monday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
Naina Mishra
Chandigarh, March 15
As the city reaches one-third of the peak cases witnessed in September, health experts have warned of an upward trend during the next two weeks.
The first wave saw 449 cases on a single day on September 13. The highest single-day caseload during the current wave is 148 so far.
Dr Rajesh Kumar, a former head of the School of Community Medicine and Public Health, PGI, said: “When the cases start rising from the average number being reported daily, it is called a wave or a surge. There is a high probability of spike in the cases in the coming days as the nearby states have reported a similar trend. The cases are bound to increase during the next 15 days. The authorities have started adopting stricter measures after the rise. The efforts towards prevention and control will bear result after two weeks.”
Chandigarh, March 10
As cases of Covid-19 continue to rise in Chandigarh, the UT Health Department has decided to conduct testing in city schools from this week.
UT Adviser Manoj Parida confirmed that the facility of Covid-19 testing would soon be provided in the city schools wherein students and teachers would be encouraged to get themselves voluntarily tested for the virus.
The Health Department, in consultation with the Education Department, will make a plan to send mobile testing teams to schools.
“It is important to find out whether students are carriers of infection or not because the transmission will pass on to the elderly at home. Mostly, children are asymptomatic and can be potential carriers of the virus,” said Dr Amandeep Kaur Kang, Director, Health Services.