Evening, door to door  vaccination drives  witnesses immense response across district

          KULGAM, JUNE 11: The District Administration is rigorously conducting Covid vaccination drive across the district and has  administered more than one lac  doses to the eligible population so far stated the Deputy Commissioner Kulgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din-Bhat during a presser at mini-secretariat  here.

          To achieve a cent percent target in vaccination, an intensive vaccination drive has been launched across the district besides the number of  vaccination sites was also increased for the convenience of people, he added.

The DC said that they have also started door to door and evening vaccination drives across the district, and this initiative picked up well and has witnessed immense public response across the district.

He said the district administration is close to achieving the target of cent percent inoculations of the age group of above 45 years.

To vaccinate ST and migratory population in district mobile vaccination teams have been deployed in the service added the DC.

While briefing  about the current Covid-19 situation in the district, Dr Bilal  said the district witnessed  a visible decline in Covid positive cases and increase in recovery rate. He however said  that there is a need to continue to follow Covid Appropriate Behaviour with more responsibility amid ease in restrictions.

He said the strict implementation of guidelines led to  decrease in positivity rate and  recovery rate reached above 90  percent.

He also urged the general public to adopt social distance, wearing proper masks, and maintaining hand hygiene to keep themselves, family and the whole surrounding safe from Covid-19 infection.

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