Only 40% beneficiaries take vaccine

Coimbatore: As many as 791 health workers got vaccinated on Saturday, which was a small drop from the 890 to 1,000 people who have been taking vaccination. Hardly 39.5% of the targeted 2,000 people were covered on Saturday.
This takes the total number of people vaccinated to 5,049. With the district receiving 40,300 vaccines, officials plan to vaccinate 20,000 health workers, who will require two doses each. As of the end of first week, they have achieved only 25% of that target.
On Saturday, 791 health workers were vaccinated. 451 took it at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, followed by 191 people took it at SLM Home Urban primary health centre, 92 took it at Dhaliyur PHC, 38 at Pollachi GH and 19 people took it at Mettupalayam GH.TNN
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