Panchkula health department claims 100% vaccine coverage

PANCHKULA: The health department, on Saturday, claimed to have achieved 100% vaccine coverage by administering 3,88,384 shots to beneficiaries above the age of 18.

District immunisation officer Dr Meenu Sassan said that the vaccination drive started on March 1 with beneficiaries above the age of 60. It was extended to people above the age of 45 and then people above the age of 18.

Health department officials said they had a target of 3,86,553 persons above 18 living in the district and on Saturday, the department inoculated 3,88,384 persons. The figure includes people vaccinated with the first dose since March, taking the first dose coverage to 100.47%.

A total of 1,69,845 persons have received the second dose, constituting 64.74% of the target. Chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Mukta Kumar congratulated the team working on the Covid vaccination drive and said that vaccination camps were being held in both urban and rural areas. She said special camps are also being organised.

At present, the health department of Panchkula has 2,5,940 Covishield doses and 1,0,090 Covaxin doses.