TN govt advises districts to step up Covid vaccination
Chennai Oct 25 PTI The Tamil Nadu government has advised the administration in all the districts to step up the COVID-19 vaccination programme as the percentage-wise vaccination for the second dose in comparison to the states population is below the national average according to a top officialIn a message to the district collectors health departments Principal Secretary J Radhakrishnan said the health teams in the districts were instructed on the need to focus on increasing the number of daily vaccinations after identifying the people who are yet to receive the first dose and those eligible for the second dose of the vaccinePending of second dose is increasing exponentially at about 61 lakh he said in the messageCollectors may note that more than the absolute numbers achieved per day district wise the real issue is that the percentage in comparison is yet to be covered for the first and the second dose for which Tamil Nadu is still below the national average Radhakrishnan saidA new variant of COVID-19 under investigation which was allegedly responsible for a rapid spread of the disease in the UK has been identified he saidConsidering the relaxations strict follow up of standard operating procedures and wearing a mask is important Radhakrishnan saidWith the onset of northeast monsoon the number of dengue cases is increasing in Chennai Kancheepuram and Salem and intense mosquito breeding source reduction should be carried out he saidThe next two months would determine how the public health challenges get tackled the official said adding After such effective work in disease control let us not give away the gains made With 1112 fresh cases Tamil Nadus COVID-19 tally climbed to 2696328 on Monday while the death toll due to the viral disease shot up to 36033 with 14 more fatalities the health department said PTI VIJ RC
Chennai Oct 25 PTI The Tamil Nadu government has advised the administration in all the districts to step up the COVID-19 vaccination programme as the percentage-wise vaccination for the second dose in comparison to the states population is below the national average according to a top officialIn a message to the district collectors health departments Principal Secretary J Radhakrishnan said the health teams in the districts were instructed on the need to focus on increasing the number of daily vaccinations after identifying the people who are yet to receive the first dose and those eligible for the second dose of the vaccinePending of second dose is increasing exponentially at about 61 lakh he said in the messageCollectors may note that more than the absolute numbers achieved per day district wise the real issue is that the percentage in comparison is yet to be covered for the first and the second dose for which Tamil Nadu is still below the national average Radhakrishnan saidA new variant of COVID-19 under investigation which was allegedly responsible for a rapid spread of the disease in the UK has been identified he saidConsidering the relaxations strict follow up of standard operating procedures and wearing a mask is important Radhakrishnan saidWith the onset of northeast monsoon the number of dengue cases is increasing in Chennai Kancheepuram and Salem and intense mosquito breeding source reduction should be carried out he saidThe next two months would determine how the public health challenges get tackled the official said adding After such effective work in disease control let us not give away the gains made With 1112 fresh cases Tamil Nadus COVID-19 tally climbed to 2696328 on Monday while the death toll due to the viral disease shot up to 36033 with 14 more fatalities the health department said PTI VIJ RC
