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Go for COVID vaccine or forget quarantine leave: Punjab min to health workers
Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Sunday warned healthcare workers who do not get the COVID-19 vaccine shot of not allowing them quarantine leave if they get infected at a later stage.He further said they will have to bear the cost of their treatment.“The healthcare workers who do not get vaccinated to boost their immunity for COVID-19 despite being given repeated opportunities and in case they get the infection at a later stage, they will have to bear the cost of their treatment and they will not be allowed to avail quarantine/isolation leave," said Sidhu in an official statement here.He further pointed out that recent days have seen an uptick COVID-19 cases in Punjab.With 358 infections reported on February 20, now there are