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Covid-19 vaccination programme for frontline warriors of Haryana Police kick-started today
Chandigarh, February 4– The Covid-19 vaccination programme for frontline warriors of Haryana Police kick-started today. Director General of Police (DGP) Haryana, Manoj Yadava was the first one to participate in this drive.
Other senior police officers were also vaccinated for protection against the coronavirus.
On the first day, Yadava encouraged the police officers and jawans by getting himself vaccinated. Subsequently, DGP State Vigilance Bureau, P.K. Agrawal, DGP Crime Mohd. Akil, ADGP Administration and IT A.S. Chawla, ADGP Vigilance Ajay Singhal, IGP Dr. M Ravi Kiran, IGP Rajinder Kumar, CP Panchkula Saurabh Singh and other police officers and employees got vaccinated.
Speaking on the occasion, DGP said that the entire police force had worked continuously on the front line when Covid-19 was at its peak. Besides maintaining law and order, each of our officers and jawans fearlessly ensured food to the poor and needy persons, safe home return of migrant workers and labourers and take care of the elderly. During lockdown, the humane face of the police came to fore and police efforts in serving mankind were also recognized at the national level.
He said that till now around 3,000 State police personnel have been infected during the pandemic out of which 14 police personnel working in the frontlines have lost their lives due to Covid-19.
“More than 40 lakh persons have been already injected with the dose of this vaccine and it is completely safe,” he added.
The DGP appealed to the entire police force as well as the general public to come forward and get vaccinated in the upcoming days.
