Awareness on vaccination held; many jabbed
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 08 2021:
Thongju Kendra Voluntary Workers' Covid-19 Relief Committee and Thongju Kendra Gram Panchayat Level Covid-19 Task Force with the support of local clubs and meira paibi conducted an Awareness cum Mass Vaccination programme on the topic 'Combating Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19); Pandemic Vaccination Gives Crucial Change of Protection from Covid-19' at Torban Kshetri Leikai on Thursday.
Speaking at the event, works minister Th Biswajit urged public to strictly adhere to Covid-19 SOPs to ensure that the pandemic does not return.
Imphal West district administration in collaboration with CMO also organised mass vaccination programmes at 28 sites on Thursday, during 6554 were administered the Covid-19 doses with 228 jabbed for the second time.
Similarly, 948 people were inoculated against Covid-19 during mass vaccination programmes held in different parts of Khurai AC under the aegis of Khurai MLA L Susindro on Thursday.
Meanwhile, All Tulihal Covid 19 Task Force organised a mass vaccination programme at Tulihal Primary School under Tulihal Gram Panchayat in Andro AC with 427 people receiving their Covid-19 vaccine while Thoubal district administration continued its mass vaccination programme with the support of Task Force Committee, youth clubs, GPs on Thursday.
The vaccination camps were conducted at 23 sites and 3152 people were vaccinated against Covid-19.According to a report from district vaccination programme nodal officer Dr Ksh Memcha, the district has recorded vaccination of 95,913 people which is 57.82 per cent of adult population (1,60,426) of the district.
On the other hand, Popular Youth Club, Khangabok Part 3; Khangabok Zilla Parishad and Khangabok Part 3 GP pradhan in collaboration with DC Thoubal organised mass vaccination programme for Khangabok AC.
In all, 150 people got their first dose of Covid vaccine during the programme.