Those over 80 years can get vax at home

Those over 80 years can get vax at home

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:22.08.2021

Now, city residents over the age of 80 can get vaccinated against Covid-19 at their homes. The civic body on Saturday said eligible beneficiaries can contact personnel on 044-25384520 and 044-46122300 to arrange a home vaccination. Similar targeted drives were conducted to get beneficiaries their second dose of Covaxin.

Meanwhile, eight of the 15 city zones reported a spike in active Covid-19 cases over the past week, Greater Chennai corporation data revealed. However, the city’s total active case tally has declined by about 24 cases from August 13 to August 20.

Manali, Tondiarpet, Royapuram, Ambattur, Anna Nagar, Teynampet, Adyar and Perungudi recorded an increase in active infections with Anna Nagar reporting the steepest rise from 249 on August 13 to 330 on August 20. Anna Nagar is also the sole zone with more than 300 active cases.

Kodambakkam is the only other zone with more than 200 cases. However active cases here decreased from 260 to 218 in the same period. All zones in the northern region have less than 100 active cases with Manali reporting just 25 active cases. The civic body is conducting intense contact tracing to identify clusters.

On Friday, about 29,000 city residents got their shots. Kodambakkam zone (3,060) topped in the maximum shots administered while the lowest was in Manali (920). Corporation sources said there has been a good response to vaccination whenever stocks of Covishield are available.

The corporation also started a targeted vaccination drive in slum clearance board tenements. It held 315 such special camps over the past week covering 24,000 people, a statement said.