Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, participating in the virtual meeting of the Chief Ministers convened by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in wake of the gradual rise in case of COVID-19 on Wednesday, asserted that the State is fully prepared to tackle any surge in the cases of pandemic; and currently, the situation is under control. Mann, amidst the looming threat of a new wave of the COVID-19, unequivocally said that Punjab has evolved an effective mechanism to tackle any sort of new wave of the pandemic.
"Punjab already has ample resources to deal with any sort of insurgency,” he said, adding that the situation is under control in Punjab and every step will be further taken to protect the people’s valuable lives. The Chief Minister further said that the state’s medical and para medical staff, who are the real corona warriors, are better equipped to face any rise in cases of the COVID pandemic.
“97 percent of the state’s population have already got first dose of COVID vaccination, 76 percent of people have been administered a double dose of vaccination as compared to national percentage of 87 percent, and 5.11 lakh people have also received booster dose to fight the pandemic,” he informed. He said that at present, very few cases (only 176 cases are active) in the State; and on an average, 25 cases are coming up daily.
Ahead of the Prime Minister’s virtual meeting with all Chief Ministers, Chief Minister Mann had called a meeting of officials of the state’s Health and Home Departments at his residence to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the state.