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ASHA workers protest in West Bengal, demand COVID vaccination for family, financial aid ANI | Updated: Jul 28, 2021 08:37 IST Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 28 (ANI): Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers on Tuesday staged a protest demanding that the government fulfil its promise of vaccinating their families and providing a financial cover of Rs 1 lakh as compensation for the treatment of the infection. The ASHA workers protested outside the Siliguri Municipal Corporation s building on Tuesday. Speaking to ANI, Rupa Prasad, an ASHA worker said, Since we have been on COVID duty, we demand that our families should receive COVID vaccination. We are visiting villages, going from home to home, door to door for COVID duty putting our families at great risk of contracting the infection. Many ASHA workers contracted the infection while on duty.

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