Coimbatore: City police commissioner Sumit Saran took the vaccine against Covid-19 on Thursday and tweeted a picture of him getting vaccinated. He said, “It (vaccine) is a great help for frontline workers.”
According to city corporation officials, the top cop took the shot at the SLM Urban primary health centre in the afternoon.
Health department officials said the number of frontline workers coming forward to get vaccinated was extremely low and hoped the top cop’s tweet would prompt more police officers to take the jab.
In total, 18,235 frontline and health workers have been vaccinated in the district since January 16. However, the number of vaccinated frontline workers is just 1,138, including 471 police officers and 667 revenue officials. The drive to vaccinate the frontline workers was started on February 2. The vaccine is being administered at all block primary health centres and eight urban primary health centres.
Meanwhile, a physical education teacher with Kinathukidavu Government Higher Secondary School was tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. The 38-year-old woman volunteered for testing after developing fever and mild cough.
The primary health centre at Nallattipalayam is monitoring the school and has asked all the faculty members, who met the teacher and family, to isolate themselves and get tested, if they were to develop symptoms. “While the infected teacher said she hadn’t interacted with any students, we are monitoring the students and teachers as well,” said an official.