SHOPIAN, JUNE 17: Deputy Commissioner Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya today   revealed  that district administration in collaboration with the Health department and line departments has kick-started the Vaccination drive for the 18-44 age bar persons in the district.

The Vaccination drive was started two days before at all designated Vaccination points established in the District.

He appealed to the masses particularly the age appropriate persons who are most vulnerable to the Covid infection to take vaccine on priority basis to effectively contain the spread of virus.

DC urged the people to wear face masks and maintain physical distance besides taking Covid vaccination doses at their nearest CVC.  

During giving a briefing to the media he lauded the citizens of the district for implementation of COVID 19 guidelines given by the government from time to time.  He said that the people of the district fully cooperated with the district administration in following SOP's which led to a great decline in covid positive cases. He again appealed to the masses to strictly follow all the SOP’s and not take undue advantage of the relaxation in lockdown. He asked the people to avoid unnecessary outings and gatherings and prepare themselves for covid vaccination (18_45 years old) so that the vaccination drive will be completed in given period and the deadly disease will be eradicated.

The DC informed that till date 5526 positive cases have been reported in the district, out of which 5352 have recovered and only 115 are still active.
He said the recovery rate has increased to 96.85 percent with 5352 recoveries so far and 59 deaths.

He briefed that the recovery rate has picked up and the positivity rate has flattened this week to 1.5%.

The masses of the district can also approach district administration on the official Twitter account of DC Shopian: @dmshopian and official Twitter account of DIC Shopian: @Informationspn.