Health Dept to identify 60 lakh yet to get vaccinated in Tamil Nadu says Minister
Chennai Oct 28 PTI As many as 60 lakh people in Tamil Nadu have not been inoculated and the Health Department has embarked upon measures to identify the people in order to vaccinate them State Minister Ma Subramanian said on Thursday The Minister for Medical and Family Welfare said during the seventh edition of the mass vaccination campaign scheduled for October 30 the department would target the 60 lakh Till date 70 per cent of the people in Tamil Nadu have received first dose of vaccine Till date 571 crore vaccinations have been given in the State About 13 lakh people are waiting to receive the second dose Bharat Bitotechs Covaxin We have requested to expedite release of 10 lakh Covaxin doses by the Centre he said Subramanian was talking to reporters at the airport here after arriving from New Delhi Accompanied by health officials including the Health Department principal secretary J Radhakrishnan Subramanian has met Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in the national capital and presented a list of 15 demands of the State My meeting with the Union Health Minister in New Delhi has been very satisfying Based on the advice by Chief Minister M K Stalin we presented 15 demands pertaining to the State to the Minister he said On the vaccination front he said 60 lakh people have not been vaccinated and the Health Department was in the process of identifying those who are eligible to receive the doses We have vaccinated 133 crore people in the six mass vaccination programmes conducted so far he said On the new type of virus Delta AY42 variant of Covid-19 he said the impact of the virus in Maharashtra was one per cent of the population and no cases were reported in Tamil Nadu However to protect ourselves getting vaccinated is essentialThe department will create awareness campaign among those people who were not vaccinated with a message saying vaccination is the only solution to safeguard us from the virus he said PTI VIJ NVG NVG
Chennai Oct 28 PTI As many as 60 lakh people in Tamil Nadu have not been inoculated and the Health Department has embarked upon measures to identify the people in order to vaccinate them State Minister Ma Subramanian said on Thursday The Minister for Medical and Family Welfare said during the seventh edition of the mass vaccination campaign scheduled for October 30 the department would target the 60 lakh Till date 70 per cent of the people in Tamil Nadu have received first dose of vaccine Till date 571 crore vaccinations have been given in the State About 13 lakh people are waiting to receive the second dose Bharat Bitotechs Covaxin We have requested to expedite release of 10 lakh Covaxin doses by the Centre he said Subramanian was talking to reporters at the airport here after arriving from New Delhi Accompanied by health officials including the Health Department principal secretary J Radhakrishnan Subramanian has met Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in the national capital and presented a list of 15 demands of the State My meeting with the Union Health Minister in New Delhi has been very satisfying Based on the advice by Chief Minister M K Stalin we presented 15 demands pertaining to the State to the Minister he said On the vaccination front he said 60 lakh people have not been vaccinated and the Health Department was in the process of identifying those who are eligible to receive the doses We have vaccinated 133 crore people in the six mass vaccination programmes conducted so far he said On the new type of virus Delta AY42 variant of Covid-19 he said the impact of the virus in Maharashtra was one per cent of the population and no cases were reported in Tamil Nadu However to protect ourselves getting vaccinated is essentialThe department will create awareness campaign among those people who were not vaccinated with a message saying vaccination is the only solution to safeguard us from the virus he said PTI VIJ NVG NVG
