KOLKATA: With supply of vaccines more regular, the state government has expanded its list of priority group in the 18-44 age category.
Domestic helps, Cable TV operators and TV channel staffs have been including in the list of potential super spreaders.
The government has put the responsibility of the getting these people vaccinated on Kolkata Municipal Corporation for the city while district magistrates will organise special camps to inoculate them.
“Many households are still not allowing domestic helps.
Even as many above 45 have managed to take their first dose at government vaccination centres, those between 18 and 44 are still left out of the drive.
We need to inoculate them so that they can go back to earn their livelihood,” said a source at Swasthya Bhawan.
Health officials said that even cable TV/channel operators too have to go out on work regularly and they also need the vaccine protection.
The health department previously had made a list of prioritised group in the 18-44 category that included the likes of hawakers, transport workers, media persons, transgenders and sex workers.
Along with domestic helps and cable TV employees, workers in tourism sector.
industries, artisans, weavers, rice/flour mill and cold chain workers have been included.