TOI Vaccine drive for vendors attracts good nos on Day 2

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TOI Vaccine drive for vendors attracts good nos on Day 2

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:29.04.2021 

As part of Times of India’s initiative to provide Covid-19 vaccine to newspaper vendors and distributors in and around the city, a vaccination Camp was conducted on Wednesday at ACS Medical College & Hospital, Thiruverkadu.

The Camp was inaugurated by A.C.S. Arun Kumar, President – Dr. MGR Educational & Research Institute and A. Ravi Kumar, Secretary – ACS Medical College & Hospital.

ToI kickstaarted the initiative on Tuesday aiming to vaccinate about 1000 vendors and distributors across the city. On Tuesday, about 80 vendors and distributors were administered the vaccine in a camp held at Bhaarath Medical college and hospital premises in Selaiyur.

On Wednesday, over 85 Vendors and distributors in and around Tirumangalam, Mogappair, Nerkundram, Poonamallee, Thiruverkadu and Maduravoyil attended the camp at ACS college and got vaccinated.

TOI Team is encouraging vendors to take the vaccine by following government protocol and Covid-appropriate protocols such as wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and frequent handwashing. While vendors aged 45 years and above are being mobilized now as per government norms, from May 1 all aged above 18 vendors will be covered. TOI is helping vendors get inoculated free of cost. The drive will continue till all the eligible vendors in the city are covered.

The drive has attracted positive response from Vendors. Muruganandam, a vendor from Ayanavaram said, “I got my first dose of Covaxin last month and was waiting for the second Covaxin dose, which is very much in demand. Todays camp helped me get my second dose of Covaxin without any delay”