Updated On: 29 January, 2021 12:00 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Health Ministry Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani said the database of frontline workers is being updated by states and UTs in collaboration with the respective line ministries.

A health worker gets the COVID-19 vaccine in the Vaccination Centre at Bharatratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal General Hospital in Kandivali. Pic/Satej Shinde
The Union Health Ministry on Friday asked all states and union territories to initiate vaccination of frontline workers against COVID-19 from the first week of February.
Vaccination of healthcare providers that began on January 16 to continue simultaneously, the ministry said in a letter to states and union territories (UTs).