BBMP begins administering precautionary dose of vaccine
The Hindu
Over 1 lakh beneficiaries to be covered on the first day. In a month’s time, the civic body hopes to cover 4.3 lakh beneficiaries in three categories: citizens above the age of 60 who also have co-morbidities, healthcare and frontline workers
Citizens above the age of 60 who also have co-morbidities, healthcare and frontline workers who have already received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, will be given an extra dose starting January 10. This precautionary or booster dose is being administered sequentially to those who come nine months (or 39 weeks) from the date of administration of the second dose.
For the first day of the vaccination drive, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) set an ambitious target of administering the booster dose to over one lakh persons — 79,787 healthcare workers and 20,467 frontline workers.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.