Maharashtra’s Latur civic body to prioritise vaccination of auto drivers, grocery shop owners
3 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra’s Latur civic body to prioritise vaccination of auto drivers, grocery shop owners

India TV News  

The civic body in Maharashtra’s Latur city has declared auto-rickshaw drivers, grocery and medical shop owners, newspaper vendors and bank employees as frontline workers, and decided to vaccinate them on priority, an official said. During the coronavirus-induced lockdown, auto drivers, bank employees, medical and grocery shop owners, newspaper distributors worked without a break. Therefore, the Latur Municipal Corporation has declared them as frontline workers, the official said in a statement issued on Thursday. The COVID-19 case count in Latur district reached 89,731 on Thursday evening with the addition of 59 cases, while the death toll has gone up to 2,323.

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Firstpost  

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4 years, 4 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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