Chandhigarh, September 10: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced that the state government employees who fail to take even the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine for any reason other than medical will be compulsorily sent on leave after September 15 to protect the people of the state from the disease and to ensure that those who are vaccinated do not have to pay the price for continued vaccine hesitancy of those who are not.
He said that special efforts were taken to reach out to Government employees, and those who continue to avoid getting vaccinated will now be asked to go on leave till they get the first dose.
During the meeting, CM Amarinder also allowed teaching and non-teaching school staff who had taken at least one dose of vaccine more than four weeks ago to resume duties, subject to submission of weekly RT-PCR negative test reports. However, all those with co-morbidities shall only be allowed once they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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