MITHI: Deputy Commissioner Tharparkar Mohammad Nawaz Sohoo has said that in order to protect people from the Coronavirus in Tharparkar district, they had succeeded in achieving the total target during the door-to-door campaign from February 1 to February 14, 2022, which is the result of the committed work and full cooperation of the concerned departments, especially the people of Tharparkar.
He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting with District Health Officer Tharparkar Dr Pir Ghulam Hussain and officers of concerned departments at his office. DC Sohoo said that achieving the target of completely protecting the people of Tharparkar district from the deadly virus was a challenge which was made possible by better strategy and joint efforts which was a great achievement of the people of Tharparkar.
On this occasion, District Health Officer (DHO) Tharparkar Dr Pir Ghulam Hussain said that the teams of the Health department had played a vital role in achieving this target which was not only a success of his department but also the success of people of Tharparkar.
Dr Hussain said that in order to protect the people of Tharparkar district from Coronavirus, the first dose target was achieved of 991,288 out of 1,020,588 which is 98%.” Under the second dose, the target achieved 819,752 out of 819,776 which is 100%, while under the t booster dose, the target achieved 50,086 out of 50,337 people were protected from the deadly virus.” Over 50 thousand people were vaccinated at a rate of 99.5% which was made possible with the full cooperation of the health department teams and the people of Tharparkar.” he added.
He said that they formed 239 teams across the district for the vaccination purpose against the deadly virus adding they informed the media that a control room was also established in the DHO office under the supervision of Dr Munir Akhtar, who is also the focal person of the vaccination process.
On this successfully achieving target, the officials of National Command and Control Centre Islamabad, the Sindh Health Minister Dr. Azra Pechohu, Chief Secretary Sindh Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah, Health Secretary Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Divisional Commissioner Mirpurkhas Syed Ijaz Ali Shah lauded the successful efforts of deputy commissioner Tharparkar Mohammad Nawaz Sohoo and DHO Dr Pir Ghulam Hussain and other functionaries in achieving the target under a better strategy.
Here it may be recalled that Mr Asad Umar, the Chairman of National Command and Operation Centre had given the appreciation certificate to DC Mr Sohoo for his great dedication and continuous handwork towards the fight against Covid-19 Pandemic while contributing commendably towards National Covid Vaccination Drive for year 2021.
The activists working in Tharparkar on different issues highly lauded the efforts of the officials of health and district administration for achieving the target despite lack of the required vehicles to have any easy access to the most of the areas.
They hoped that officials would continue to serve the people of the desert district with similar enthusimsm with their great commitment to achieve such goals in future.
