Giving further directions, he said that in view of the coming festival season all arrangements for tackling the possible third wave of Covid should be made. He instructed to ramp up the health infrastructure and to carry out required procurement as per the expected caseload. He also directed that there should be no shortage of medicines in the government health facilities. He asked health officials to expedite the pace of Covid vaccination and testing.
Soni also instructed to take all necessary measures to check the spread of dengue. Alok Shekhar, principal secretary health, while assuring to follow all his instructions stated that the department will continue to work round the clock in its endeavour to provide quality health services to the people of Punjab.