25000 registered construction workers and would be covered
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Ludhiana, 10 May 2021: Kick-starting the third and most important phase of administrating Covid vaccine to the people in (18-44 age group) Sukhwinder Singh Bindra, Chairman Punjab Youth Development Board said that this inoculation drive is only way to fight and overcome this virus at the earliest. On this occasion, Gill MLA Kuldeep Singh Vaid and Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma were also present.
Chairman Bindra said that the countries where the people have wholeheartedly supported the vaccination program and half of their population have received the shot of vaccine are witnesses very few cases of Covid so that people of Ludhiana need to come forward and get the vaccine into the arms.
Punjab Youth Development Board Chairman Sukhwinder Singh Bindra said that the board has already organised 33 vaccination camps in the state and appealed the youth to get them vaccinated in the interest of society.
Accompanied Joint Commissioner of Police J. Elanchezhian, Civil Surgeon Dr. Kiran Ahluwalia Gill, they said that the construction workers have been included into high-risk category and would be give jab as priority group.
They told that the vaccine will give them shield against the contagion and even if they contract the infection due to their greater interaction job, it would be mild.
They added that the vaccine works like helmet as it saves the biker from any head injury; a major cause behind deaths in road mishaps, similarly vaccine will prevent severity.
Chairman Sukhwinder Bindra once again appealed to the people to join hands with the administration to contain the pandemic as soon as possible by receiving the vaccine in large numbers in nearby government/private health institutions.
Chairman Bindra informed that Ludhiana has 25000 registered construction workers and would be covered aggressively
