Chief Secretary Vijai Vardhan on Tuesday said that the State is all set to start the second phase of the Covid-19 Vaccine roll out from Wednesday after the successful implementation of its first phase.
In the second phase of Covid-19 vaccine roll out the Frontline Workers will be vaccinated and to ensure its smooth implementation the registration of all such workers will be completed on the CoWin portal by February 7, he added.
Vardhan said that this decision was taken in the third meeting of the State Steering Committee and State Task Force Committee through video conferencing here in Chandigarh. In the meeting, Dvisional Commissioners, District Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police, Jail Superintendents, District Development and Panchayat Officers, Municipal Commissioners, Home Guard In-charge, Medical College Directors and CMOs were present.
The Chief Secy further asked the officers of various Depts to get themselves administered the vaccine to set an example and also to motivate others for the same.
Besides this, the Health Care Workers (HCWs) who were unable to get themselves vaccinated in the first phase can do so by February 15.Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rajeev Arora said that Haryana is among the top three states in the country for the successful implementation of the first phase of COVID-19 vaccine roll out and it has administered vaccine to about 1,25,000 Health Care Workers.
Mission Director, National Health Mission, Haryana, Prabhjot Singh said Frontline Workers include employees of Revenue Department, Panchayati Raj Institute, Jail, State Police, Home Guard, Urban Local Bodies Department.