Chandigarh: The Punjab government, which is slow to descend from the block, has successfully invested more than 98% of teaching and non-teaching staff in government schools throughout the state with at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
After a gap for more than four months, all schools in the state are running normally from 2.
August so far, only around 170 students and staff have contracted a virus after rejoining school.
Given the security of staff and students, the trade union government has directed all states to vaccinate all teachers and staff at least in part at the end of September.
Safe! You have managed to throw your voteogin to see the results of 1,29,325 staff – 1,12,325 teaching and 17,113 non-teaching – 1,27,016 has received at least one dose of temporary vaccines only 2.309 which has not been affixed.
A total of 92,790 was fully vaccinated (72.74%) while the second dose waited 34,226 staff members.
After a slow start, the Department of Punjab Education along with the Ministry of Health held special camps throughout the state to vaccinate staff members.
In accordance with the data of the State Health Department, 9,656 staff from 9,773 have received one dose of the temporary vaccine 7.002 has been affixed twice.
In Ludhiana, 11,124 of 11,282 was completely and 7,419 was fully immunized.
In Barnala, only 28 staff have not received their first dose.
The number of teaching and non-teaching staff such as it was established in 51 in Mukstar, 61 in Nawarahr, 62 in Fatehgarh Sahib, 69 in Kapurthala, 73 in Fazilka and 83 in Distance, 88 in Mohali and 96 in Pathali.
According to health experts, even a single dose vaccine offers several levels of protection from viruses.
If research findings published in different journals must be considered, one dose of vaccine reduces the risk of death due to more than 80%, around 95% after two doses.
Bulk vaccination is seen by health experts as the only hope together with compliance with suitable behavior to keep a pandemic remain controlled.
Minister of Punjab Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on September 29 asked the school education department to encourage students to attend classes by taking the health protocol needed.
Schools follow a strict surveillance protocol and testing strategies issued by the State Health Department, according to which schools that report weekly mining pepositives of more than 10% will not be permitted to carry out direct learning.
Random testing of students and staff is being carried out.