Officials sponsor vaccine for Mohali's Masol village

Mohali, May 20

Senior officers of the district administration today sponsored the vaccination for persons aged between 18 and 44 years of an entire village in the district.

Deputy Commissioner Girish Dayalan said he and his colleagues decided to pay for the vaccination in Masol village.

On choosing Masol, Girish Dayalan said the 45+ population of the village was already vaccinated so they decided to cater to the remaining population, ensuring that the entire village was vaccinated. Other officials part of the initiative are ADC(G) Aashika Jain, ADC (D) Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Kharar SDM Himanshu Jain, Dera Bassi SDM Kuldeep Bawa and Mohali SDM Jagdeep Sehgal.

Meanwhile, Priyanka Gupta, owner of ‘The Great Bear’, Sector 26, Chandigarh, sponsored the vaccine for 18 to 44 aged population of Nagalgarhian village of the district, thus paying for 200 doses.

To sponsor/donate the vaccine, contribution can be made by filling a form at the official website and making a payment at the rate of Rs430 per dose. — TNS