Covid-19 precautionary vaccine dose, reported news agency PTI, quoting authorities. “Frontline staff, health care workers etc will be paid next month's wages only if they take the third shot of the vaccine, and treasury officials have been intimated about the decision," said Indore collector Manish Singh. “The order covers those who have not taken the third shot even after the stipulated period," he added.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh's Covid-19 tally reached 9,04,744 on Monday after the detection of 10,585 new cases, while the toll increased to 10,576 with six patients succumbing to the infection.
Indore and Bhopal, the two worst coronavirus-hit cities of Madhya Pradesh, registered 2,665 and 2,128 cases, respectively. The positivity rate reduced to 13.0% from 13.4% the day before, said an official.
The recovery count stood at 8,24,275 after 7,822 people were discharged from hospitals during the day, leaving the state with 69,893 active cases.