Haryana: State Govt mandates Double-Dose Vaccination for Public Places
The Haryana government has mandated for people to have both doses of Covid-19 vaccine to enter public places.
On Wednesday, the Haryana government has issued an order mandating both doses of Covid-19 vaccine for people to enter public places from January 1. As per the new order, partially or non-vaccinated people will not be allowed by the state to enter public places after January 1. The people who are not vaccinated with both doses will not be allowed to enter marriage halls, hotels, restaurants, offices, banks, or any other public places. This is to protect ourselves from Omicron and the third wave of Covid, said Haryana health minister Anil Vij.
The first dose of Covid-19 vaccination has reached 93% whereas second dose is still lagging behind at 60% (till 22.12.2021). Large numbers of beneficiaries are due and overdue since long for the dose of Covid Vaccination, an official order said.
The Fresh Order
In a notification, Haryana additional chief secretary (health) Rajeev Arora, said that only 60 per cent of the state’s population have taken both doses of Covid-19 vaccine.
Govt of Haryana makes the second dose of #COVID19 vaccination mandatory from 1st January 2022. The State Govt decides to allow only fully vaccinated people at public places since that day. Only fully vaccinated persons will be allowed to travel from bus stands & railway stations. pic.twitter.com/rJy3Ltt7Hg
— ANI (@ANI) December 22, 2021
In the order, he said, “As dose of COVID vaccination has reached 93 per cent whereas second dose is still lagging behind at 60 per cent (till 22.12.2021). Large numbers of beneficiaries are due and overdue since long for second dose of COVID vaccination."
"Further, new variants of COVID are emerging frequently and recently, Omicron cases are showing increasing trend in our country. Looking into current scenario, steps need to be taken for increasing coverage of vaccination to mitigate spread of coronavirus. Whereas emerging situation entails proactive monitoring and focused implementation of vaccination drive besides other measures. Also neighboring state like Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, J&K. Uttarakhand and Delhi are having better second dose coverage than Haryana," the order stated.
