<p>An ASHA worker, who had received both the doses of Covid-19 vaccine, succumbed to the infection in Odisha's Kendrapara district, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Saraswati Mallick, 35, an accredited social health activists (ASHA) worker of the Derabish community health centre, was admitted to a Covid hospital in Chhata last week.</p>.<p>She was put on a ventilator after her oxygen level started dipping and she died on Friday night, said Yashaswini Sahani, the assistant manager of ASHA in the Kendrapara district headquarter hospital.</p>.<p>The ASHA worker was engaged in the door-to-door survey in connection with Covid containment duty, official sources said.</p>.<p>The district ASHA workers' association has demanded adequate compensation to the family of the deceased.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had earlier announced an ex gratia of Rs 50 lakh for family members of Covid warriors, including ASHA and Anganwadi workers. </p>
<p>An ASHA worker, who had received both the doses of Covid-19 vaccine, succumbed to the infection in Odisha's Kendrapara district, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Saraswati Mallick, 35, an accredited social health activists (ASHA) worker of the Derabish community health centre, was admitted to a Covid hospital in Chhata last week.</p>.<p>She was put on a ventilator after her oxygen level started dipping and she died on Friday night, said Yashaswini Sahani, the assistant manager of ASHA in the Kendrapara district headquarter hospital.</p>.<p>The ASHA worker was engaged in the door-to-door survey in connection with Covid containment duty, official sources said.</p>.<p>The district ASHA workers' association has demanded adequate compensation to the family of the deceased.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had earlier announced an ex gratia of Rs 50 lakh for family members of Covid warriors, including ASHA and Anganwadi workers. </p>