Secunderabad cantonment may soon get 100% vaccinated tag

SECUNDERABAD: With the ongoing mass Covid-19 vaccination drive, the Secunderabad cantonment is on its way to achieve 100% vaccination target. Of a population of 3.5 lakh, the Covid-19 vaccine has been administered to nearly 1.50 lakh people in cantonment.
The Telangana medical and health department has officially declared that Bolarum, Trimulgherry, Bowenpally and Balamrai in Secunderabad Cantonment have got the 100% vaccinated tag.“Three more areas are also being reverified before being officially declared 100% vaccinated,” deputy district medical and health officer (DMHO) Dr H Raj Kumari told TOI.
Besides the mass drive, mobile vaccination vehicles were also launched. “We also counselled people who are vaccine-hesitant and tracked senior citizens who cannot step out of their houses due to health-related issues to ensure that everybody is vaccinated,” she said.