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Target for ASHA workers in Mysuru district: Get 10 seniors for COVID-19 vaccination

  Target for ASHA workers in Mysuru district: Get 10 seniors for COVID-19 vaccination The move comes at a time when the third phase of vaccination is yet to pick up, especially among senior citizens in villages and hinterlands. By  Ajith MS Express News Service MYSURU: Targets and deadlines are common in the private sector. But now, authorities, in a desperate move to push the vaccination figures, have set a target for ASHA workers, bill collectors, watermen from rural areas and gram sevaks to bring at least 10 senior citizens or those aged above 45 years, with comorbidities, for vaccination by month-end in the district. The staff has been told that their performances will be monitored regularly by superiors. The move comes at a time when the third phase of vaccination is yet to pick up, especially among senior citizens in villages and hinterlands, despite the induction of primary health centres along with taluk hospitals as vaccination centres with walk-in facility to ge...