TRICHY: Saying that the health staff will be administered Covid-19 vaccine for only the next two days, health minister C Vijaya Baskar has asked them to get vaccinated at the earliest. He said as many as 1.79 lakh frontline workers have been vaccinated in the state so far with 8,000-10,000 people taking the shots on a daily basis.
He was attending a vaccination drive at Pudukottai Government Medical College Hospital where district collector P Uma Maheswari and district superintendent of police L Balaji Saravanan took the shots on Tuesday.
The state received 12.34 lakh doses of vaccine so far and more doses are expected to arrive. “Widespread awareness campaign has helped 1.74 lakh people take vaccine shots in the state so far. Apprehension among people on a new vaccine is usual. That’s the reason why I also took the vaccine shot to create awareness.