Chennai Mar 19 PTI More than 134 crore eligible people in Tamil Nadu have not received the second dose of vaccination against COVID-19 and they should make use of the Mega Vaccination Camp conducted every week by the health department state Minister Ma Subramanian said on Saturday The Minister for Health and Family Welfare inspected the 25th Mega Vaccination Camp currently underway in the city At the camp he said 361283 children in the age group of 12-14 years have received the jabs as against the eligible 2121 lakh Vaccination to this age category commenced on March 16 across the country In Tamil Nadu on a daily basis two lakh vaccination doses are being administered As many as 13435505 people are eligible to receive the second dose and are yet to get vaccinated while 5182974 people are yet to receive the first dose of vaccination in the state They should make use of the Mega Vaccination Camp conducted on Saturdays by the health department he said Subramanian said currently 7680645 doses of vaccines were available with the health department The minister said 3100 panchayats out of a total 12585 panchayats in Tamil Nadu have achieved 100 per cent vaccination status in their region and very soon they would be honoured by certificates signed by Chief Minister M K Stalin He said of the 57891000 eligible persons above the age of 18 years the health department has administered vaccines to 53228642 while 43224269 received second dose of vaccinations On the status of precautionary booster dose he said 409588 people above the age of 60 years have received the third dose The minister said monitoring of people in the 13 districts bordering Kerala have been intensified as COVID-19 cases increased to 847 on Friday while in Tamil Nadu it stood at 61 on Friday with zero fatalities Lakhs of people travel to Tamil Nadu from Kerala Due to the increase in cases in Kerala it has been decided to intensify the measures in the border districts he said PTI VIJ VIJ HDA HDA

New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): With the Co-WIN portal opening its registration slot for COVID-19 vaccination for children aged between 15 to 18 years from today onward, the parents are breathing a sigh of relief.

Johannesburg [South Africa], December 20 (ANI): Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Monday informed that owing to the increasing COVID-19 cases around the world, and the fourth wave locally, CSA along with the BCCI have taken a joint decision to protect the players and the tour by not making tickets available for India vs Proteas series.

New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Under the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, India has administered over 81 crore vaccine doses, the Union Health Ministry informed on Monday.

New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): A day after the highest single-day vaccination, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked without naming any political party why some political parties had developed a "fever" when the country administered 2.5 crore vaccine doses.

New Delhi Sep 18 PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi should celebrate his birthday every day as some BJP-ruled states performed on the day and vaccinated many times the daily average the Congress said on Saturday The party took a dig at Modi a day after India achieved the highest record of 25 crore COVID-19 vaccinations on a single day Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said this is the pace of vaccination the country needs Looking forward to many more days of 21 crore vaccinations This pace is what our country needs he tweeted Party leader P Chidambaram said he was happy and grateful that 25 crore vaccinations were administered on Friday But why did we have to wait until the PMs birthday he asked Suppose the prime ministers birthday was on December 31 would the 25 crore vaccinations have been done only on the last day of the year Chidambaram also asked Vaccination is not like cutting a cake on a birthday Vaccination is a programme it is a process It has to be accelerated every day not scale a peak on a birthday he said on Twitter BJP ruled states -- UP MP Gujarat and Karnataka -- perform on the PMs birthday and vaccinate many times the daily average On other days they are non-performing states I wish the PM celebrated his birthday every day the former Union finance minister added In another tweet he said one-third of the adult population was yet to receive its first dose and only 21 per cent had been fully vaccinated Prime MinisterModi in a swipe at the opposition on Saturday said there is talk of fever as a vaccine side-effect but a political party experienced fever after 25 crore vaccines were administered on his birthday PTI SKC AAR AAR