The response to COVID-19 vaccination drive in Punjab remains below the desired level with only 38 per cent of the targeted health workers getting the shot on Thursday. According to a Health Department data, only 4,852 health workers got themselves vaccinated out of the target of 12,872 on Thursday.
During previous sessions of the drive on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 1,327, 1,992, 2,249 and 2,003 health workers came forward for vaccination, respectively. Punjab is among the states that received a lukewarm response to the vaccination drive on the day of its roll out. The health officials had attributed hesitancy among government sector health workers as one of the reasons for it.
During Thursday's vaccination drive at 134 sites in Punjab, Ferozepur, Barnala, Fatehgarh Sahibs and Fazilka districts turned out to be poor performers with the coverage ranging from seven to 11 per cent, as per the data. Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur saw maximum health workers getting the shots.