With Kerala deciding to present Covid-19 vaccination to migrant staff staying again, the state Labour Department has initiated steps to make sure these individuals register themselves on the Co-Win portal.
State Labour Commissioner Dr S Chithra on Thursday mentioned vaccination for migrant staff can be performed together with photographs meant for these within the age group of 18-44 years.
“Most migrant workers are in that age group. Videos explaining how to register for vaccination have been produced in vernacular languages and are being circulated among them,” Dr Chithra mentioned. “Our assistant labour officers are additionally serving to the employees to register for the vaccination programme.
“We are sending letters to all contractors to see that these workers register their names for vaccination and they get the shots.”
Kerala had 20 lakh staff from different states, as per a government-sponsored research performed a number of years in the past. But a lot of them had left the state earlier than final 12 months’s lockdown, and subsequently in particular trains when lockdown was lifted — their current numbers in Kerala is estimated at 5 lakh.
Sujatha mentioned many staff who went dwelling in the course of the lockdown haven’t returned. “We are gathering precise figures. Their current inhabitants can be a lot lower than the variety of migrants who had been in Kerala over the last 12 months’s lockdown,’’ she mentioned.
She mentioned that after the second surge emerged, the state authorities has taken a number of steps to make sure security of migrant staff. “The Labour Department has advised the federal government to begin unique first-line remedy centres for Covid-19 sufferers amongst migrant staff in Ernakulam and Kottayam districts, which have bigger presence of the migrants.’’
She mentioned centres have been opened in all 14 districts the place queries in Hindi, Bengali, Odia and Assamese languages could be attended to for these individuals from different elements of the nation.
