DW BUREAU / PATIALA With the formal online rolling out of vaccination drive across the state by Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh from Mohali, MP Preneet Kaur kickstarted the Covid vaccination drive in Patiala from Mata Kaushalya Government Hospital. Interacting with media, MP Preneet Kaur said that finally the lucky day had arrived and it was a happy moment to have the first shot of vaccination for the healthcare workers. She said that since March 2020, everyone was worried and working hard to find measures for controlling this novel disease. Now, January 2021 had given good news as the invention and trail of vaccination succeeded and it was being administered now. While expressing gratitude to the union government for taking care of frontline workers by providing free of cost dose of vaccine for them, she made an appeal to the prime minister to also make it available for the poor strata of the society free of cost, as they would not be able to buy due to their financial constraints.Cabinet minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot who was at Mini Secretariat Patiala with MP Preneet Kaur to launch COVID vaccination drive in the district and distribution of new ration depots, added that Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh had always remained one step ahead to control the spread of COVID in state, though by strict measures.Now, when the vaccine has made its way to the people, he would definitely get its access to the needy persons by his co-ordinated efforts so that no one is left behind of its use. He thanked the frontline warriors, be it health care workers. (editor@dailyworld.in)