The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has launched a campaign to vaccinate potential super-spreaders in the township.
The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, which recently launched a campaign to vaccinate homeless persons and beggars against COVID-19, has now launched a campaign to vaccinate potential super-spreaders in the township, a civic official said. said on Monday.
In the first phase of the new campaign, 250 employees of various medical stores in Navi Mumbai were given vaccine doses at a special camp held on Sunday, civic spokesperson Mahendra Konde told PTI.
He said that people working in medical stores often come in contact with a large number of people including sick persons. Hence, the NMMC launched a special drive to save them from coronavirus infection, he said.
In the first round, 169 men and 81 women working in medical stores in Navi Mumbai’s Sanpada area were included, the official said.
NMMC commissioner Abhijit Bangar said that the medical shop staff are risking their lives in the fight against COVID-19.
“A special camp was organized to protect them from infection,” he said.
He further said that NMMC will soon organize special camps for immunization of hotels/restaurants, petrol pumps, milk and other delivery persons, auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers and people employed in theatres. Conde said the civic body is also vaccinating workers of various mines within the civic limits.
“Efforts are being made to ensure that by July 31, all citizens of Navi Mumbai who are 18 years of age and above get at least one anti-COVID-19 vaccine,” the official said. He said that at present 78 immunization centers are running for the citizens in the township.
A public awareness campaign has also been launched highlighting the need for vaccination, he said, adding that the volunteers who are part of the campaign are given Rs 10 as a special allowance for each person.
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