Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 22 (ANI): Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday said that healthcare workers and other medical professionals who do not get vaccinated against COVID-19 will bear their cost of treatment and will not be allowed to avail quarantine or isolation leaves.
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Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu issued a new notice to HCWs refusing the COVID-19 vaccine
The Health Care Workers who do not get vaccinated will have to bear the cost of their treatment
He further said they will not be allowed to avail quarantine/isolation leave
The Health Care Workers who do not get vaccinated to boost their immunity for COVID-19, despite being given repeated opportunities and in case they get the infection at a later stage, they will have to bear the cost of their treatment and they will not be allowed to avail quarantine/isolation leave. It was today stated by Punjab Health & Family Welfare, Balbir Singh Sidhu in a press communique.
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