New Delhi: The union authorities has introduced that vaccination drives at workplaces can now be prolonged to all the staff in addition to their dependents and relations.
Mr Vikas Sheel, Additional Secretary of the National Health Mission introduced the notification. “Covid-19 vaccination at workplace (Govt and Private) COVID Vaccination Centres (CVCs) may be extended to all employees of the workplace.” The notification stated.
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The notification additional added that “The family members and dependents of the workers, as defined by the respective employers, can also be covered with COVID-19 vaccination at the Industrial CVCs and Workplace CVCs.”
However, the Central authorities added that for vaccinating beneficiaries in industrial and personal CVCs, the vaccine doses could have to be procured by the personal hospitals with which the employers tie-up for the inoculation drive.
In the case of authorities vaccination centres, beneficiaries who are of age 45 years outdated or above are eligible to get the jab free of charge from among the many doses equipped by the Centre to the states and UTs, the notification added.
