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Coronavirus Vaccine Drive Sparks Row in Bengal as More TMC Leaders Get Jabs Than Healthcare Workers
A health official shows a Covishield vaccine dose, after a consignment of the vaccine arrived from Serum Institute of India, in Tezpur (PTI Photo)
The vaccination drive at the Bhatar State General Hospital began with local TMC MLA Subhash Mondal getting the first shot. Later, former TMC MLA Banamali Hazra, Zilla Parisha Karmadakshya Jahar Bagdi and Bhatar Panchayat Samity Public Health in-charge Mahendra Hazra also received the vaccine. At Katwa Sub-divisional Hospital, local MLA Rabindranath Chatterjee of TMC was among the 34 people who received the vaccine on the first day.
Outrage As TMC MLAs, Leaders And Not Health Workers Get Covid-19 Vaccine On Day 1
BJP s district general secretary Ramakrishna Chakraborty said that in the first phase the frontline workers should get the vaccines. PTI Photo/Shashank Parade Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-16T21:51:19+05:30 Outrage As TMC MLAs, Leaders And Not Health Workers Get Covid-19 Vaccine On Day 1 outlookindia.com 2021-01-16T22:16:44+05:30
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Several Trinamool Congress leaders, including two MLAs, were among the first few people who received the Covid-19 vaccine in West Bengal s Purba Bardhaman district in the first round of vaccination programme on Saturday, while many healthcare workers alleged that they were asked to come for the vaccine jab but could not receive it.
TMC MLAs, leaders get COVID vaccine on day 1, sparks controversy
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Published: Saturday, January 16, 2021, 21:43 [IST]
Alipurduar, Jan 16: Several Trinamool Congress leaders, including two MLAs, were among the people who received the COVID-19 vaccine in West Bengal s Purba Bardhaman district on Saturday, while many healthcare workers alleged that they could not get the jab though they were asked to come for it.
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District health officials said that these leaders are all associated with different hospitals as members of the Patients Welfare Committees, making them eligible for the vaccination programme in the first round.
The vaccination drive at the Bhatar State General Hospital began with local TMC MLA Subhash Mondal getting the first shot. Later, former TMC MLA Banamali Hazra, Zilla Parisha Karmadakshya Jahar Bagdi and Bhatar Panchayat Samity Public Health in-charge Mahendra Hazra also received the vaccine.
TMC MLAs, leaders get COVID vaccine on day 1, spark row PTI
Updated : Jan 16, 2021, 10:36 pm IST
Many healthcare workers alleged that they could not get the jab though they were asked to come for it
A health worker checks the boxes of Covishield vaccine at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital in Siliguri on January 14, 2021. (AFP)
TMC MLAs, leaders get COVID vaccine on day 1, spark row (Eds: Adding more reax)
Burdwan/ Alipurduar: Several Trinamool Congress leaders, including two MLAs, were among the people who received the COVID-19 vaccine in West Bengal s Purba Bardhaman district on Saturday, while many healthcare workers alleged that they could not get the jab though they were asked to come for it.