Amid the growing Omicron scare, about 20.98 lakh doses of vaccines were administered as part of the mega vaccination drive on Saturday, held at 50,000 places across the State. While 2.22 crore people had benefitted from the 12 previous mega vaccination camps, a total of 7.50 lakh first doses and 13.48 lakh second doses were administered on Saturday.
Mega vaccination drive at Central Railway Station.
Chennai:
Health Minister Ma Subramanian inspected the vaccination camps and interacted with the beneficiaries. The mega vaccination camp at SIET college was inspected by Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan, City DC Dr Manish, City Health Officer Dr Jagadeesan and other Greater Chennai corporation officials.
The Health Minister urged the people to get vaccinated with both doses and make use of the mega vaccination camps. So far, the first dose has been administered to 80.44 per cent of the State population and 47.46 per cent of the population has received the second dose.
With several districts restricting unvaccinated people in public places, the mega drive saw a good number of people queuing up for the vaccine. With Omicron cases being reported in India too the State health department is emphasizing getting more people vaccinated against COVID-19.
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