DW BUREAU / LUDHIANA Adding another feather in its cap, the district administration on Wednesday celebrated the record-breaking achievement of administering 3-millionth anti-Covid vaccine dose on Tuesday in Ludhiana. Congratulating the health warriors including doctors and paramedics for their remarkable efforts in this rare feat, Municipal Councillor (MC) Mamta Ashu and Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC)-cum-Nodal Officer vaccination Dr Nayan said that this would further strengthen our endeavour in the fight against Covid-19. They said that Ludhiana is already the leading district in the state by administering 3041898 Covid shots to the people including 2158459 eligible beneficiaries with the first dose and 883439 people got both doses till October 5 since the vaccination started on January 16 which means 82-percent population of Ludhiana has received the first dose of the Coronavirus vaccine and nearly 34 percent people are now fully vaccinated. They said that the administration is continuing to accelerate the pace of the vaccination and had administered five lakh doses in the last 20 days, an average of inoculating 25000 Covid-19 doses per day. Ludhiana had achieved the milestone of giving 2.5 million doses on September 16. They said that vaccines are the only way to conquer the virus and are helping society in returning to normalcy. They said that the district administration is leaving no stone unturned by vaccinating every eligible citizen at the earliest. (editor@dailyworld.in)