Amid the surge of Covid-19 cases in the paramilitary ranks, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has begun administration of booster vaccine shots to its personnel.
Out of the 12,000 CISF personnel engaged in securing the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation corridors in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, 2,500 personnel have been administered the booster doses. The CISF is also securing the airport in the national capital and elsewhere.
The CISF is securing mass transit corridors in Delhi-NCR and facilitating safe mass rapid transit of 35 lakh passengers on a daily basis and are at the frontline in terms of vulnerability and exposure to Covid-19 due to contact with passengers.
“To combat raging wave of Covid Pandemic and to ensure safety and good health of its personnel performing duties at Delhi Metro, a special drive camp for administering Covid vaccine booster has been organised at Shastri Park campus of CISF unit DMRC,” the CISF said in a statement.
The camp was inaugurated on Sunday and a team of doctors from East Delhi District along with civil defence volunteers are running two centers for administration of booster dose to CISF personnel.
The CISF aims to cover all eligible personnel of DMRC under the protection of the booster vaccine by January 20.
At the Shastri Park camp here, an additional counter for vaccination of eligible wards (children between age 15-18) of personnel has also been opened which is also witnessing good turnout, it said.
“The CISF, being a Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) or paramilitary force, with a pan India presence and the largest public interface, has already vaccinated over 9,000 of its personnel with the booster dose across the country to enhance protection against Covid-19 infection,” it further said.
The booster dose vaccination drive is running across all the 353 CISF Units, including 64 airports.
The booster dose vaccination drive seeks to ensure that 100 percent eligible personnel are inoculated against the deadly viral disease at the earliest, it added.