GANDERBAL 15th jan : The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today chaired a meeting to finalize the arrangements for Covid-19 vaccination drive which is going to be kick started tomorrow in the district.
The meeting was attended by the Additional Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba, CPO, CMO, BMOs and other concerned.The DC reviewed the preparedness including the status of logistics and manpower required to assist the teams of the health department for vaccination and finalized the arrangements to be put in place for smooth conduct of the vaccination programme.
During the meeting it was informed that two centers at District Hospital and SDH Kangan have been established for the inauguration purpose on January 16th.It was also informed that in the first phase other 17 vaccination centres will be functional in the district during which health and frontline workers shall be vaccinated.
The CMO informed that first batch of vaccine has been received, while necessary deployment of staff has also been done including two vaccinators, Security Officer and a Data Entry Operator for each vaccination centre.The DDC directed the concerned officers to work in a mission mode to ensure the successful conduct of the COVID19 vaccination drive in the district.