November 23, 2024

Over 1.5K Army & IAF personnel of Prayagraj get COVID jabs

An army staff receives a dose of COVISHIELD, a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India, inside military hospital in Prayagraj, February 12, 2021.   PHOTO : RAVI PRAKASH 

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PRAYAGRAJ, Feb 12 (HS): Second phase for COVID- 19 vaccination for Health Care Workers (HCWs) and first phase of Front Line Workers (FLWs) were started at Military Hospital Prayagraj on Friday. Officials of Air force station Bamrauli and Military Hospital Prayagraj received vaccine vials in the morning from the district vaccine storage centre set up at Tej Bahadur Sapru (Beli) Hospital by the district health officials for Defence service personnel. “706 front line workers and 860 health care workers till now have been vaccinated under 1st and 2nd phase respectively,” informed Shailendra Pandey, Wing Commander, Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Defence, Prayagraj.