‘Give booster dose to frontline workers: U.T. Khader
The Hindu
Mr. Khader said that some countries have already started vaccinating their people with the third dose of the vaccine.
The former Health Minister U.T. Khader on Monday urged the State Government to provide booster dose to frontline workers immediately to fight against the new coronavirus variant.
Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Khader, who is an MLA from Mangaluru, said that some countries have already started vaccinating their people with the third dose of the vaccine.
He said that the government should take up a largescale drive to achieve 100% vaccination in Dakshina Kannada. About 90% of the eligible population in the district have been given the first dose and about 60% of the eligible population have received both the doses.
With the clock ticking down to the Lok Sabha election counting day on Tuesday, opposing fronts are perceptibly edgy and poised to continue the rancorous skirmishing that marked the campaign season in Kerala. The United Democratic Front, led by the Congress, is seemingly basking in the “interim victory” granted by various exit polls. The UDF discerns that its poll strategy of turning the polls foremostly into a damning referendum on the Left Democratic Front government’s perceived failures rather than BJP’s “divisive politics” at the national level stood a fighting chance of paying off.