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Ration dealers demand priority in vaccination
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‘Procedures at shops constantly expose them to the risk of infection’
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‘Procedures at shops constantly expose them to the risk of infection’
Over 14,200 ration dealers, who serve 90.45 lakh card holders across the State, have demanded that they be considered ‘frontline warriors’ in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic and allotted vaccine on priority basis.
“Ration licensees and sales personnel are constantly exposed to danger because they are continuously in contact with people who come to take delivery of their supplies,” said B. Rahuleyan, Cherthala taluk secretary of the Kerala State Retail Ration Dealers’ Association.
Coronavirus | Ration dealers demand status of ‘COVID warriors’
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Sixteen ration dealers have died of COVID since the pandemic broke out
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People buying vegetables at Chalai market as the State prepares to go into lockdown in Thiruvananthapuram. | Photo Credit:
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Sixteen ration dealers have died of COVID since the pandemic broke out
The ration dealers in Kerala have requested the central government to consider them on par with the COVID warriors, in view of the work undertaken by them in the pandemic situation, to extend the insurance protection being granted to COVID warriors who lose their lives and to distribute the benefits with retrospective effect since the pandemic broke out.