The Union health ministry on Tuesday directed the states witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases to expedite the vaccination of their healt...
The Union health ministry on Tuesday directed the states witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases to expedite the vaccination of their healthcare and frontline workers, PTI reported.
Health Ministry Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani wrote to Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, and Chhattisgarh, pointing out the districts where the cases were rising.
In his letter to the Maharashtra government, the official said that Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai, Amravati, Thane and Akola were witnessing a coronavirus surge. Similarly for Madhya Pradesh, Agnani said that cases were increasing in Bhopal, Indore and Betul.
Aganani added that in Punjab, a surge in infections was being seen in Kapurthala, Sri Muktsar Sahib and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. Coronavirus cases are also on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district and Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon.
“Hence, it is advised that the vaccination of HCWs [healthcare workers] and FLWs [frontline workers] in these districts is expedited so as to confer immunity in the shortest possible time-frame, as they are also involved in containment, surveillance and management of Covid-19 cases,” the official said. “You [the state governments] are requested to kindly direct the district officials concerned to immediately undertake measures for the maximum coverage of HCWs and FLWs with the Covid-19 vaccine at...
