Page 218 - Frontline Workers News Today

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health approved them for emergency use

Updated Feb 24, 2021 | 16:10 IST Maharashtra state CM Uddhav Thackeray has appealed to the people to follow all SOPs and defeat the possibility of a second wave. These steps and guidelines are in force across Mumbai with peoples help. Mumbais Marine Drive&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspiStock Images Key Highlights On Sunday, Maharashtra logged nearly 7,000 new Covid-19 cases, the biggest jump in the last 3 months. Maharashtra continues to be one of the worst COVID-1 affe...

As funeral workers continue to provide services for the families of COVID victims, many feel forgotten in the vaccine rollout process.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is poised to reject vaccine prioritisation by occupation or race, and vaccines would proceed down the age bands of adults to 18-year-olds, the newspaper said https://bit.ly/3ux4T72, citing a government source. The committee updated its advice on Wednesday to recommend that people with learning disabilities be invited for vaccination to ensure people at higher risk of the disease are protected as soon as possible, according to the Guardian.

New York dairy processors and farms hope their workers will soon have access to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Target is to achieve 80% coverage by February-end, says Sudhakar The government has set a target of 80% to vaccinate healthcare workers and frontline workers in all districts in the State by February-end. This comes even as four districts, including Bengaluru Urban, are said to be lagging in vaccination. The other districts that had registered less than 50% coverage were Bagalkot, Davangere, and Dharwad. Six districts had achieved over 70% coverage – Chickballapur (79%), Tumakuru (78%), Uttar...

The beneficiaries include 64,71,047 healthcare workers (HCWs) who have taken the first dose, 13,21,635 HCWs who have taken the second dose and 41,14,710 frontline workers (FLWs) who have taken the first dose.

Union health ministry asked Maharashtra, MP, Punjab, J&K and Chhattisgarh to expedite the vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers.Letters were sent to the five states so as to confer immunity in the shortest possible time-frame in the wake of a rising trend of COVID-19 cases

Healthcare workers to bear cost of treatment if they don't get vaccinated now - Healthcare workers in Punjab who don't get vaccinated despite several opportunities will not be allowed to avail any quarantine or isolation leave.

Western Australia has marked a major milestone in its response to COVID-19 with the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine being administered to at-risk...