Majority of industrial workers take COVID-19 vaccination
The Hindu
‘DIC received requests from industries for nearly 70,000 vaccine doses’
With higher allocation of vaccines to industries, majority of the workers are likely to have received at least one dose of the vaccine against COVID-19. District Industries Centre (DIC) General Manager B. Karthigaivasan said the DIC had received requests from industrial associations and industries for nearly 70,000 vaccine doses. “We had assessed that the district had nearly 4.5 lakh industrial workers. We (the DIC) had given vaccine doses to cover nearly ₹1.8 lakh workers. Apart from these, the industries had procured directly from the Health Department and also from private hospitals. So a large number of workers were covered. Of the total requests that we got, nearly 90 % say that they have completed the vaccination,” he said. Most of the requirements were now from the micro units. If there were a few more camps for micro units, they would also be covered.More Related News