Ludhiana district continues to top Punjab in covid vaccination: DC

Ludhiana:     Deputy Commissioner Mr Varinder Kumar Sharma informed that Ludhiana district has topped the state in Covid 19 vaccination. He informed that 11,845 healthcare workers have been administered the Covid 19 vaccination in district Ludhiana which is the highest number in any other district of Punjab.

    He informed this while interacting with the residents through the weekly Facebook live session on the page of District Public Relations Office Ludhiana.

    He clarified that this vaccination is purely voluntary and that in the first phase, only healthcare workers of both government and private hospitals are being administered doses of Covid 19 vaccine. He said that this vaccination is being done under the supervision of expert doctors and the person is observed for 30 minutes after administering the vaccine.

    He further informed that the Covid 19 vaccination is getting a huge response in district Ludhiana and till date, no side effects of the vaccine have been reported in district Ludhiana. The Deputy Commissioner assured that the vaccine is totally safe and said that the health department officials are getting themselves vaccinated in large numbers. He urged the residents to not believe in any rumours spread on social media.

    He further said that General elections of Municipal Councils/Nagar Panchayats would be held in Khanna, Jagraon, Samrala, Raikot, Doraha, Payal, by election in Ward number 8 (General) of Mullanpur Dakha, and by election in Ward Number 6 of Sahnewal in Ludhiana District would be held and the voters and political parties should adhere to the Covid related protocols in the larger interest of public.

    He said that the process for filing nominations would commence on 30 January, 2021 and 3 February, 2021 would be the last date. The nominations would be scrutinised on 4 February, 2021 while the date of withdrawal of nominations is 5 February, 2021 which would also be the date of allotting the election symbols to the candidates.

    The election campaigning will end on February 12, 2021 at 5 PM. The voting would be held on 14 February 2021 from 8 Am to 4 PM. Counting of votes would be done on 17 February, 2021. He further said that the expenditure limit for a candidate of Municipal Corporation has been fixed as Rs 3 Lakh, for candidate of Municipal Council Class-I, Rs 2.70 Lakh, Class-II Rs 1.70 Lakh, Class-III Rs 1.45 Lakh and candidates for Nagar Panchayats Rs.1.05 Lakh. He further said that keeping in view the COVID-19, SOP containing detailed guidelines to be adopted during the election process was issued on 10-12-2020.

    He also urged the parents of students attending classes in schools, to ensure that their children follow all Covid related guidelines to stay safe. He assured that the classes in schools have been started to ensure that studies of students do not suffer.