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Aiming to extend vaccination facilities to all sections of the society, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to set up special vaccination booths to inoculate street vendors, auto-rickshaw drivers, bus drivers, e-rickshaw and rickshaw drivers from June 14.
“The chief minister has decided to prioritise vaccination of street vendors and those who run high risk of exposure to the coronavirus. With the inclusion of new categories in the vaccination drive, the exercise will pick up pace, covering all sections of the society. The state government has decided to make special arrangements for the socially and economically weaker section in its aggressive campaign against COVID-19,” a senior official said.
Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said that special camps will be organised in all 75 districts from June 14 as ‘Workplace Covid Vaccination Centres’. In this regard, directions have been issued to the district magistrate to appoint a nodal officer and beneficiaries will include drivers and street vendors. Separate booths will be set up for them in Nagar Nigams, Nagar Palikas and Transport department offices.
“In case of drivers, two special vaccination booths will be set up at the Regional Transport Offices in all districts where at least 100 drivers (bus, taxi, auto-rickshaw and e-rickshaw drivers) will be inoculated daily. Of these, at least 50 beneficiaries will be from the 45+ category, while the remaining will belong to the 18-44 category. Similarly, special vaccination booths will be set up for street vendors, including vegetable-fruit sellers, rickshaw pullers and handcart pullers, at Nagar Nigam and Nagar Palika offices. At least 100 such people will be getting their dose of vaccine in these booths. 50 people of the 18+ category and 50 of the 45+ category will be inoculated everyday. After completing the targets at Nagar Nigam and Nagar Palika , these booths will be shifted to Gram Panchayats,” Prasad said.
In a bid to provide a shield against corona infection to maximum people of the state, the chief minister has already directed the department of Health to set up special centres in every districts like Guardian Special Booths, Special ‘Pink Booths’ for women, Workplace CVCS for in districts courts, government offices and for and media persons along with the employees of Information department.
Around 150 'special pink booths' or women in total were being set up in all districts, one for the 18+ category and the second for the 45+ women. The government has given instructions to set up these camps in District Women Hospitals or District Joint Hospitals. Similarly, as per need, such camps will be set up in Tehsils as well.