TN to hold seventh edition of mass COVID vax drive on Oct 30
Chennai Oct 26 PTI Tamil Nadu would conduct the seventh edition of the COVID mass vaccination programme through 50000 camps across the state on October 30 State minister Ma Subramanian said on Tuesday The health department has conducted six mass vaccination programmes inoculating 133 crore people the Minister for Medical and Family Welfare said Briefing reporters after inspecting the vaccines at the storage facility of the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services DMS in the city he said till date 568 crore people have been vaccinated in the state Coming Saturday October 30 the seventh edition of mega vaccination camp will be held through 50000 campsthose who are waiting to receive the second dose should make use of the exercise he said Noting that more than 60 lakh people in the state have not received their second dose he said of the 60 lakh two lakh people need to receive the second dose of Bharat Biotechs vaccine — Covaxin Subramanian said along with health secretary J Radhakrishnan he would make a request to the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to allot 10 lakh doses of Covaxin to the state during his visit to New Delhi tomorrow as a large number of people were waiting to receive the dose We will also urge the Minister to allot funds to set up safe vaccine storage facilities in every district of the state he said Subramanian said he would also make a request to the Union Minister on the necessity to set up government hospitals at 19 locations in the State We need about Rs 950 crore for this purpose We will also take up this matter with the Union Minister he said Stating that there was no ban to celebrate festivals Subramanian said people should strictly follow the Covid-19 protocols at least for a year and celebrate the festivals PTI VIJ BN BN
Chennai Oct 26 PTI Tamil Nadu would conduct the seventh edition of the COVID mass vaccination programme through 50000 camps across the state on October 30 State minister Ma Subramanian said on Tuesday The health department has conducted six mass vaccination programmes inoculating 133 crore people the Minister for Medical and Family Welfare said Briefing reporters after inspecting the vaccines at the storage facility of the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services DMS in the city he said till date 568 crore people have been vaccinated in the state Coming Saturday October 30 the seventh edition of mega vaccination camp will be held through 50000 campsthose who are waiting to receive the second dose should make use of the exercise he said Noting that more than 60 lakh people in the state have not received their second dose he said of the 60 lakh two lakh people need to receive the second dose of Bharat Biotechs vaccine — Covaxin Subramanian said along with health secretary J Radhakrishnan he would make a request to the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to allot 10 lakh doses of Covaxin to the state during his visit to New Delhi tomorrow as a large number of people were waiting to receive the dose We will also urge the Minister to allot funds to set up safe vaccine storage facilities in every district of the state he said Subramanian said he would also make a request to the Union Minister on the necessity to set up government hospitals at 19 locations in the State We need about Rs 950 crore for this purpose We will also take up this matter with the Union Minister he said Stating that there was no ban to celebrate festivals Subramanian said people should strictly follow the Covid-19 protocols at least for a year and celebrate the festivals PTI VIJ BN BN
