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1.60 lakh health workers will be first to get covid-19 vaccine in Punjab
CHANDIGARH : Around 1.60 lakh health workers in Punjab will receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the first phase, Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Sunday.Principal Secretary (Health) Hussan Lal said the data regarding 1.60 lakh healthcare workers has already been uploaded on the CoWin portal -- an online platform for monitoring the delivery of COVID-19 vaccine.Talking to reporters, Sidhu said, "...the vaccine which is coming will first be given to 1.60 lakh healthcare workers in the state."Giving details of the vaccination process, Lal said the vaccine will be given to about 70 lakh people in the state in a phased manner.He said that after health workers, the vaccine will be administered to around three lakh frontline workers, including