Assam govt begins onsite registration for COVID vaccines at tea gardens for 18-44 group

Dispur: The Assam government on Saturday decided to facilitate COVID-19 vaccination in tea gardens through onsite registration and appointment for the people in the 18-44 age group who do not have access to smartphones.

The Health and Family Welfare Department stated that COVID Vaccination Centres (CVCs) would be created separately for onsite registration and appointment with sessions to be scheduled on separate or alternate days.

Parimal Suklabaidya, Assam's Minister for Environment and Forest, Fisheries and Excise, today urged the tea garden workers to adhere to the COVID-19 protocols to keep coronavirus away.

Suklabaidya said this while visiting Derby tea garden in Cachar district to take stock of the COVID-19 preparedness for the tea garden workers on Sunday.

The Minister said that the government is planning inoculate all the tea garden workers, setting up vaccination centres and COVID Care Centres within the garden premises.

He urged the plantation workers to wear masks, maintain social distancing and to wash hands with soap and water frequently to keep the virus at bay.

Citing researchers, Suklabaidya advised the tea garden workers to take steam inhalation over 50° centigrade at least two-three times a day to minimise the risk of infection.

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He also called upon the tea garden management to step up COVID awareness programme.

Suklabaidya, who is in-charge of COVID-19 management for Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts of South Assam's Barak Valley, called upon everyone to rise in unison to make the state and the country COVID free.

The Minister also gave away fogging machines, hand sanitisers and masks to the management committee of Derby tea estate for distribution among the plantation workers.

Meanwhile, the Assam Government on Saturday decided to facilitate COVID-19 vaccination in tea garden areas through onsite registration following spike in COVID positive cases among the plantation workers.

Assam has 803 large estates and more than 1.5 lakh small tea gardens with a strong workforce of 10 lakh people.

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