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7 Jun 2021

Author:
Indian Express (India)

India: Hundreds at risk of losing Gulf jobs contingent on receiving COVID-19 jab, amid confusion at vaccination centres

"Telangana: Gulf workers may lose jobs if not given Covid-19 vaccine soon", 6 June 2021

Hundreds of workers, planning to go abroad, are waiting for their turn to get vaccinated in Jagtial. 

​These workers, who have received their job visas, have been directed by their respective companies to take the jab before returning to the Gulf countries.

...... These workers have formed several groups on social media and as per one post, the workers were told that they could get the vaccination at couple of centre on Saturday. 

However, when they reached the vaccination centres at Durgamma Gadda, Old High School and Government Junior College for Girls, they had to return disappointed. At vaccination centres, health workers told them that they had not received any orders to vaccinate the Gulf workers.