As employees of the medicine shops have been working during the Covid pandemic and lockdown and shutdown, the State Government on Wednesday decided to provide them with Covid vaccine on a priority basis.
Additional Chief Secretary, Health, PK Mohapatra in a letter asked the district Collectors, Municipal Commissioners, CDMOs and PHOs to ensure vaccination of the employees of medicine shops on priority subject to availability of the vaccine.
The letter stated that employees of medicine stores aged 45 years and above would be given vaccine supplied by the Government of India whereas employees aged 18 to 44 years shall be vaccinated with state procured vaccines.