Pradeep Sharma
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 13
Even as the state government has reopened schools for classes VI and above, vaccination of teaching and non-teaching staff remains a matter of concern for the education department. Only 14 per cent of the staff in government schools in the state are fully vaccinated.
26 new cases, two deaths
CHANDIGARH: With 26 fresh cases and one death each in Hisar and Bhiwani, the number of COVID-19 cases reached 7.7 lakh on Friday. The maximum number of cases came from Gurugram at 11, followed by Yamunanagar and Faridabad with four each. No cases were reported from 12 districts. With 32 recovering, the active cases fell to 664. TNS
vaccination status
- 1,03,886 Total School Staff
- 14,790 Complete Vaccinations
- 26,763 First Dose
Official data shows that out of a total of 1,03,886 teaching and non-teaching staff, 14,790 have been fully vaccinated, while 26,763 have taken the first shot.
Some districts have “very poor” vaccination records. These include Bhiwani and Panipat (7 per cent), Kaithal (8 per cent) and Charkhi Dadri (11 per cent). The immunization records of Gurugram (25 per cent), Panchkula and Karnal (24 per cent) and Rewari (20 per cent) are slightly better than other districts.
Taking strong objection to the poor performance on the vaccination front, the Directorate of School Education has now asked the field level officers including District Education Officers and District Elementary Education Officers to coordinate with the Chief Medical Officers to organize special vaccination camps for the school staff. asked for. . The state government last month decided to reopen schools for classes IX to XII, after the number of Covid-19 cases came down recently. Later schools were also opened for classes VI to VIII.