Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar distributed shields among deputy commissioners and chief executive officers of the health department of Mianwali, Bhakar, DG Khan, Rajanpur, Sargodha, Okara, Kasur, Chiniot, Sahiwal, Multan, TT Singh, Lodhran, Attock, Pakpattan, Gujranwala, Vehari, Hafizabad and Khanewal for showing the best performance in Reach Every Door (RED) campaign for saving the citizens from coronavirus. SACM Hasaan Khawar, secretary of primary and secondary health and others were also present.
While appreciating that 58 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated in the RED campaign, the CM announced to launch the RED-III campaign from today (Tuesday).
The first phase of RED-III would continue till February 14 and line departments would actively take part in it to make it a success, he added.
Coronavirus is a global challenge and vaccination of the whole population is imperative to save them from this virus, he said.
The government was actively working to vaccinate the maximum number of population by visiting their houses, he said and appealed to the people to vaccinate themselves. Punjab is leading in meeting vaccination targets due to the hard work of the health teams and concerned officials, he added.
Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid appreciated that CM Usman Buzdar has always extended full support in the vaccination drive while Chief Secretary Kamran Afzal maintained that encouragement of best performers was essential.
