211 staff at Hubballi Airport inoculated against Covid-19

Hubballi Airport, in association with District Health Department inoculated nearly 211 staff, including front-line workers at the airport, on Friday.

In a special drive, the district administration organised the Covid-19 vaccination drive at the Cargo terminal of the Hubballi Airport. The camp was organised based on a request from the Hubballi Airport Director Pramod Kumar Thakre.

“Every day the staff working at the airport come directly in contact with passengers and are at high risk of contracting the disease. As a preventive measure, the inoculation drive has been taken and nearly 211 staff was inoculated with Covishield. None of the staff showed any side effects,” he said and added that an ambulance was kept on standby to attend to any untoward incident.