
Vaccination drive on to cover vulnerable sections
The Hindu
Members of SC, ST communities to be immunised
The special vaccination camps organised by the Health Department to save the vulnerable backward segments from the pandemic threat have so far covered 17,665 Scheduled Caste (SC) community members in Kozhikode district. This includes 5,471 persons in the 45-plus category who have received their second dose completing the total course of immunization. “Based on the availability of vaccines, we will be organising more such camps in SC settlements. The target is to cover 38,869 more persons in the above 45 category to wind up the first phase,” says K.P. Shaji, District Development Officer, SC Development Department. According to him, there are over 1,500 SC colonies in Kozhikode district alone, of which 30 per cent of the total population above 45 category has already been covered.
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