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Punjab Lags Behind In Covid Vaccination Drive, Vaccinates Only 18 Per Cent Frontline Workers So Far
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Indicating a poor performance in vaccinating its frontline workers, Punjab has administered COVID19 vaccine dose to just 18.33 per cent of the registered frontline workers till Tuesday (16 February), reports
The Indian Express.
Though the first phase of the Covid vaccination drive started on January 16 in Punjab, the state has managed to vaccinate just 37.40 per cent of its registered healthcare workers.
There hasnât been any overwhelming response from frontline workers of the state who include police, sanitation workers, MC employees, defence, paramilitary personnel etc.
Some 15 million people, or 22% of the U.K. population, have received their first shot or were offered one. The figure includes most people in the governments top four priority groups, including everyone over 75, frontline healthcare workers and nursing home staff.
Vice President Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff stopped at a Washington, D.C., veterans hospital on Saturday to hand out cookies to essential workers.
Many county health departments say their allocation of coronavirus vaccine doses has gone down in recent weeks. Add in shipment delays and officials say that s making it difficult to efficiently vaccinate those in line around the state.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||It is clearly an issue a lot of Marylanders are concerned about. Hundreds of thousands are on waiting lists around the state. And just Monday night, Howard County held a virtual town hall on vaccine distribution, where 17,000 attended.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQs“This cut in vaccine to our local health department is devastating, not only to our ability to deliver the vaccine, but frankly, to the morale of our residents,” Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said.Howard County officials are frustrated their weekly allotment of coronavirus vaccine doses has been cut, again, despite using all of their sup