‘TN prepared to tackle third wave’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai 16.06.2021
Tamil Nadu government is fully prepared in case the third wave of Covid-19 strikes the state, minister for medical and family welfare Ma Subramanian said on Tuesday.
Replying to a question on the comment made by a medical expert from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi about the likely third wave, the health minister said that it was only speculative.
“The prediction of the medical expert from AIIMS was not confirmed. Yet, Tamil Nadu has geared up with 70,000 beds with oxygen supply even if the third wave hits us,” he told reporters in Thanjavur while inspecting and holding review meeting on Covid-19 related work.
On shortage of vaccines in the state, the minister said that 1.5 crore doses have been used out of the 1.10 crore received till Monday night. He also said the state received 6.16 lakh vaccines on Tuesday. “The vaccines will be distributed among districts. Centre assured to send us 42 lakh doses by June-end,” he said.
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