Ranchi: Vaccine invitation cards given to vendors, drug store workers

BOKARO: The district administration here will organise special camps on Saturday to vaccinate vegetable and fruit vendors and drug store owners and their employees for Covid-19.
On Friday, a team of health officials visited market places in the city and gave out special invitation cards to the vendors. As many as 500 vendors were given the cards. “They can turn up at the centre with the card by filling up details and get vaccinated,” district epidemiologist Dr Pawan Kumar said.
The special camp for vendors will be held at Agrasen Bhawan in Sector-1 while those for drug store owners and their employees will be held at Milan Bhawan in Sector-4, civil surgeon Dr A K Pathak told TOI.
Rajesh Kumar, a vegetable vendor in Chas, said, “I am happy to get the invitation card. It was a warm gesture as we generally are a neglected lot.” Kumar intends to take his wife along with him for the jabs.
Kanchan Kumari, a district health official, said, “Vegetable and fruit vendors come in contact with people every day and run a great risk of getting infected. A special camp for them will help to prevent the spread of the infection. We have laid effort to make more and more vendors visit the camp by giving invitation card to them. We will also sensitise the importance of vaccination to the vendors.”