Thousands of police personnel have been administered the coronavirus vaccine in Gurugram. Being frontline workers as many as 91 per cent of the district police personnel have received the first Covid dose and 67 per cent of them have received the second dose of Covid-19. The vaccination camp was kicked off on February 4 at the police commissioner’s office.
Police Commissioner KK Rao, appreciably appreciating all the police personnel for further vaccination, saying that 6,850 police personnel are currently serving in the district.
“The number of policemen receiving both doses is approximately 67 per cent because it is mandatory to have a 12-week interval between the first and second dose. At present, 6,210 personnel have been given the first dose and 4,585 personnel have received the second dose of the vaccine,” Rao said.
Rao said that the vehicles of the department were continuously giving their services to the needy patients in the district between the shortage of ambulances at the time of the second wave of Covid 19.
Apart from this, the police have played a significant role for home isolated patients by ensuring delivery of oxygen cylinders, he added.