Health workers in Odisha refusing Covid jab without genuine reason shall lose special privileges.<\/i><\/p>\n
The Odisha government has announced that healthcare workers and frontline workers refusing to take the Covid-19 vaccine will cease to enjoy the privileges granted by the government in case of Covid-19 infection.<\/p>\n
They will not get free treatment, financial and other benefits in case of death, said additional chief secretary (Health) P.K. Mohapatra in a letter to district collectors and municipal corporation commissioners.<\/p>\n
“It is hereby directed that all healthcare workers and frontline workers, who have been registered for vaccination but are now wilfully refusing the same without any genuine grounds (of a contra-indication condition) will henceforth cease to enjoy the privileges granted by the government in case of Covid infection, namely free treatment, period of isolation\/treatment being counted as duty, financial and other benefits in case of death etc,” said Mohapatra.<\/p>\n
Notably, over 85 per cent healthcare workers have been vaccinated and the vaccination of frontline workers is ongoing. Odisha is in third position in Covid-19 vaccination at the national level.<\/p>\n
“However, it has come to notice that despite repeated instructions and opportunities given, a few registered healthcare workers and frontline workers have not taken the first dose of Covid-19 vaccination,” said Mohapatra.<\/p>\n
“If we don’t fully utilise the vaccines allotted to us, we will be missing out on a critical opportunity to fight the pandemic. Further, those healthcare workers and frontline workers who remained unvaccinated put both their community and workplaces at risk of Covid transmission,” he added.<\/p>\n
Mohapatra requested the district collectors to take steps to ensure that the workers take the opportunity to take the vaccine with the timeline given by the Union Health Ministry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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