Bihar: Teachers to get Covid vaccine shots in Katihar district on Friday, Saturday

KATIHAR: The Covid vaccination drive for teachers and their families would commence in 16 blocks of Katihar district on June 11 and 12, district immunization officer (DIO) Dr D N Jha said on Wednesday.
At present, beneficiaries are being inoculated at the Jain Atithi Bhawan, Sadar primary health centre, Tajganj, district and railway hospitals as well as 15 session sites at the block level.
“As many as 22 ‘teeka raths’ have been roped in to vaccinate the locals at different places in the district. Two of these move in the town and the remaining 20 in the rural areas,” Jha said, adding that the vehicles would help the 18+ beneficiaries to receive vaccine shots in future as well.
The DIO pointed out that the boatmen, divers, and cooks engaged in community kitchens at relief camps for flood victims were likely to be vaccinated soon.