Agartala (Tripura), Oct. 21 -- : Aiming at reducing the COVID-19 threat, the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC), along with National Health Mission (NHM), started a massive check-up drive for its workers on Tuesday.
Hundreds of vulnerable frontline workers, mainly engaged with keeping the city clean, were immunised against tetanus, typhoid and hepatitis as well as screened for non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension and obesity on Tuesday.
They have also been provided with health cards, said AMC Commissioner Dr Siddharth Shiv Jaiswal.
"This section of workers, due to their nature of the job, is more vulnerable. They are also engaged in COVID duties. So a special campaign for their immunisation at their doorsteps has been ...