Shopian June 19, 2021:- Deputy Commissioner Shopian Sachin Kumar Vaishya today briefed the press regarding the covid-19 pandemic arrangements. Sachin said I'm personally grateful to the local community of district Shopian that they have followed all the SOP's in a proper manner. Being a responsible citizen, people should strictly follow SOP's for their robustness. Vaccination drive has been set up above the age of 18. Although there is a lack of mobilization among the people at the ground level, at the same time a good and positive response has been observed among the elected representatives including the Block, Panchayat level for their efforts. 

He said that it is my humble request to the people to contact the respected BDO's, Tehsildars and other concerned officers for details regarding the arrangements and location of different vaccination sites. He further said that the administration needs the support of the citizens to control the pandemic. He said that the administration is trying their level best to tackle the ongoing situations but it is a bipolar process so the local community needs to take up the cudgel for fighting against the epidemic and to emerge successful in our mission. We concluded by saying that we'll surely win this battle with the support of people.

 The DC informed that till date 5533 positive cases have been reported in the district, out of which 5399 have recovered and only 75 are still active positive. He said the recovery rate has increased to 97.57 percent with 5399 recoveries so far and 59 deaths.

He also said that 4712 doses given the age group of 18-44 years and 942 doses given per day. He said that 1264 covid medicine kits were distributed among the COVID patients.