At Chennai, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, inaugurated the vaccine drive for a precautionary dose.
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‘The Chief Minister also extended the insurance cover to be provided under the Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS) to five years.’
According to the Tamil Nadu Public Health department, four lakh healthcare workers, frontline workers, and those above 60 years with comorbidities are eligible for the vaccine. The four lakh eligible people include 2,06,128 healthcare workers, 92,816 frontline workers, and 1,01,069 senior citizens with comorbidities.
M.K. Stalin also handed over the orders to the insurance provider, United India Insurance Company Ltd (UIICL), to extend the CMCHIS for five years from January 11, 2022. An amount of Rs 1,248.29 crore was sanctioned by the government of Tamil Nadu for the scheme to the Insurance company.
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The scheme provides insurance coverage of Rs 5 lakh to 1. 37 crore families across the state whose annual incomes are under Rs 1,20,000. The state government had in December 2021 revised the eligibility limit from Rs 72,000 to 1,20,000.
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