Nagpur: Covid-19 vaccination of front line workers is likely to commence in the district from Thursday. The state government has reportedly allowed vaccination of front line workers from only one centre in the entire district.
Sources from the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) told TOI, “Centre will be finalized on Wednesday. We have identified five new centres for vaccination of front line workers. One will be hospital of police department and remaining four are NMC-run hospitals. Government is likely to increase the number of centres after launching from one centre,” sources said.
For health care workers, 17 centres are in operation in the city. Employees of NMC, revenue department and all agencies falling under ministry of home affairs are eligible in front line.
As reported by TOI on Tuesday, 68,736 front line workers have registered in six districts of Nagpur division. Highest registration of 35,542 is from Nagpur district. The number is likely to increase with registration continued and government permitted employees of Panchayat Institutions working in the pandemic.