Vaccination for 45+ to continue
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:02.06.2021
The Tamil Nadu health departmenton Tuesday received 4.95 lakh doses of covid vaccine even as most districts inthe state complained of empty stock. The consignment included 75,000 doses of Covaxin and of 4.2 lakh doses of Covishield health minister Ma Subramanian said.
“So far, the state has received1.1 crore doses of the vaccine including 4.95 lakh doses we received on Tuesday. The state has administered 90.5 lakh doses and the state now has a stock of 6.5 lakh doses of the vaccine. This will be distributed across the state for vaccination in all districts. All districts will start vaccination by Wednesday,” he said. Priority and additional doses will be given to the western districts, where the caseload has been high, he added.
The fresh stock would help the state continue the vaccination drive for a few more days. “However, these doses are for people aged above 45 years. For people in the 18-44 age group, the state will make the purchase from the two manufacturers,” the minister said.
On Tuesday, 98,183 people including 47,567 in the 18-44 age group took the vaccine on Tuesday.
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