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                   vaccine against cOvid-19 : india first!



        >> Continued from previous page...  economic activities have nose- sure vaccination of HCWs on  sufficient  number  of  vaccina-
        ing the vaccine available on pri- dived and the economy has still  priority, with FLWs to follow in  tion  sites  have  been  identified
        ority to the Health Care Work- not recovered from this shock.”           the next phase. The State has  and all logistics tied up. An
        ers (HCWs) of the State and             “It would be difficult for the  adequate capacity for storing  adequate number of vaccina-
        Central Government in Punjab. poorer sections of society to pay  as well as transportation of the  tors  have  been  identified,  and
            At  the  same  time,  he  ear- for the vaccination,” he said.        vaccine,” he wrote.                  trained  and  sufficient  number
        nestly requested him to consid-         “All steps are in place to en-       He further added that a  of teams have been mobilized
        er providing free vaccine to the                                                                              and trained to manage the vac-
        poor population with a view to                                                                                cination sessions.
        lessen the disease burden and                                                                                     Pointing out that “the
        also ensuring a check on the                                                                                  COVID-19 pandemic has been
        further spread of transmission                                                                                an unparalleled disaster in living
        thereby allowing more econom-                                                                                 memory, and heavy expenditure
        ic activity.                                                                                                  had to be incurred in our corona-
            Referring to reports cit-                                                                                 virus response,” the Chief Min-
        ing some central government                                                                                   ister further wrote that his gov-
        sources that apart from the                                                                                   ernment had already requested
        HCWs and Front-Line Workers                                                                                   the Centre that the accumulat-
        (FLWs), the remaining popula-                                                                                 ed balances with the state in the
        tion may not be provided free                                                                                 State Disaster Relief Fund may
        vaccine, Captain Amarinder                                                                                    be permitted to be used as nec-
        pointed out in his letter that                                                                                essary for COVID-19 response.
        “the people of the State have        Health workers gesture during the launch of Covid-19 vaccine drive, at G B   “The MHA may kindly approve
        gone  through  a  very  difficult                  Pant Hospital in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI)              this to allow pending payments
        time due to Covid-19 wherein                                                                                  to be cleared,” he urged the PM.


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