THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Health department has issued a new order including 11 more sections in the covid vaccination priority list. Health minister Veena George has also said that students in foreign universities have also been included in the vaccination priority list.

Among government departments, those officers who directly interact with the people have been included in the list. Teachers in valuation camps, FCI, postal staff, food, public distribution, social justice, woman and child welfare, animal husbandry and fisheries are the departments included in the list.

Covid vaccination has been made mandatory by many countries for Indian travellers. Therefore those who were studying in foreign universities and those working abroad had demanded priority in vaccination. Hence the list was updated. Earlier 32 sections were included in the list, which was those with serious diseases and media persons.