Workers registered with the board will have to bring their registration card for vaccination
By Gaurav Sidhu
Kapurthala, 10 May
To combat the covid epidemic, the Punjab Government has started vaccination for construction workers and engineering workers between the ages of 18 to 44 years from tomorrow, for which 5 vaccination sites have been set up in District Kapurthala.
Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal said that the Punjab Government would launch the vaccination for the age group of 18 to 44 years from May 10, under which the workers registered by the Punjab Construction and Other Workers Board and workers from engineering departments would be vaccinated.
She said that the vaccination of construction workers would help in maintaining the activities in the construction sector which would ensure that no affect the employment of the needy sections of the society in future due to covid.
District Immunization Officer Dr. Randeep Singh said that vaccination would be carried out in Kapurthala Civil Hospital, Phagwara Sub Division Hospital and ESI Hospital, Bhulath and Sultanpur Lodhi sub division hospitals in Kapurthala district.
Workers registered with the board will have to bring their registration card for vaccination.
It may be recalled that there are about 6500 workers registered with the Construction Board in the district who are to be vaccinated.
Deputy Commissioner also directed the officers of the Construction Board to make the construction workers aware about the vaccination as well as provide them the necessary guidance for the vaccination.
