Most migrant workers won’t benefit from vaccination drive
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The Tamil Nadu authorities’s directive to industries to vaccinate all workers aged 45 and above won’t cowl a majority of them right here as a lot of the migrant workers are aged 20-40.
K. Selvaraju, secretary-general, Southern India Mills’ Association, says that of the 50 lakh workers employed in textile items throughout the State, nearly 10% can be eligible for vaccination. A majority of the workers are from different States or ladies from completely different districts. They are all aged beneath 45. But textile items having in-house dispensary or healthcare centres try to vaccinate all their workers, he says.
The variety of everlasting workers in textile mills may be very much less, and a majority of the migrant workers are aged beneath 45. All of them needs to be lined as a result of they’re the high-risk group, says AITUC chief M. Arumugam.
M.V. Ramesh Babu, president of the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association, and J. James, president of the Tamil Nadu Association of Cottage and Tiny Enterprises, say a lot of the workers within the micro, small and medium items within the district are from different States or districts and 80% are aged 20-40.
If the federal government relaxes the age restrict, the items will be capable of vaccinate a majority of them, Mr. Ramesh Babu says. The authorities ought to enable industries to vaccinate all workers aged above 25, says Mr. James.
The particular camps being held for industries right here from Sunday will cowl the employees members. But the age restrict needs to be lowered to vaccinate numerous workers, says an official.
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