Health, frontline workers, senior citizens receive booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Coimbatore
The Hindu
The district geared up to handle the surge in COVID-19 cases, says Collector G.S. Sameeran
Administering of booster dose vaccination against COVID-19 for health workers, frontline workers and those above 60 years of age with comorbidities began at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital here on Monday.
District Collector G.S. Sameeran said that 85,554 health workers, 91,762 frontline workers and 72,112 persons aged above 60 were eligible for booster dose in the district.
Among them, 70,955 persons who had completed their second dose of any of the COVID-19 vaccines on or before May 31, 2021 were eligible to receive the booster dose at present. Mr. Sameeran said that administering of booster dose for them was expected to be completed before January 31.
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.