Coimbatore: Names of vaccination centres to be announced at 8am

COIMBATORE: In a bid to stop people from waiting at vaccination centres throughout the night and to prevent people from faraway localities to throng centres and deprive local residences from getting the vaccines, the district administration has decided to announce the panchayats where vaccination would be done only in the morning.
All these days, the names of vaccination centres and the number of dozes allotted to those centres were announced the previous day. This resulted in people thronging the vaccination centres from midnight and wait all through the night.
TOI had published a series of photographs on Tuesday showing scores of people, including aged, waiting in the chilly weather the whole night to get vaccinated the next morning. Often there were also complaints that people from neighbouring localities too came to these centres and got the jabs, depriving people from that locality.
A statement from the district administration said that the name of the panchayat where vaccination would be done that day would be announced only at 8am. Tokens for vaccination would be issued from 10am in those centres and vaccines would be administered from 11am to those who got the tokens.
Collector G S Sameeran said that the district administration would continue to take steps to streamline vaccination and ensure a hassle-free process. Public can call toll free number 1077 if they have any complaints regarding vaccination.