As the vaccine doses are limited in Tamil Nadu, the State Government has been reported to have prepared a list of fraternities whose workforce under the 18-45 age category will be receiving the vaccines in a prioritized manner.
“…Newspaper boys, milk vendors and distributors; street vendors, pharmacy and grocery staff; autorickshaw and taxi drivers; bus drivers and conductors; EB staff, local body employees; workers in the e-commerce sector and essential industries, construction workers, other State labourers; all government staff and transport employees; all school and college teachers besides press and media persons.”
“Volunteers who serve food to COVID-19 patients in containment areas, members of NGOs who help out in hospitals; seafarers working in shipping industries and airport employees will also get priority”, a report conveyed
Meanwhile, differently-abled persons have been requested to produce a certificate to be vaccinated without waiting in the queue.