TS nod for vaccination of bank staff at workplace

Vaccination to be done by private hospitals

Telangana government has permitted all banks and financial institutions, including the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and NABARD, to vaccinate the employees as well as their family members by engaging private hospitals. The approval follows a request from the State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) and the RBI for vaccination of their staff and family members, aged above 18 years. The Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, while conveying the go-ahead, said while doing so, the hospitals and the banking institutions should ensure that all vaccinations happen by registering in COWIN portal. The banks and financial institutions have also been allowed to facilitate the inoculation at the workplace “by following workplace vaccination procedure.” Separately, the State government has issued orders permitting vaccination of those above 18 years, through the designated private hospitals as well as private vaccination centres, at workplaces on request from the employer-institutions.