A health worker administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a drive-in vaccination centre, at MGM Hospital, in Chennai. (PTI)
Tamil Nadu Chennai News Live Updates: Tamil Nadu Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian Monday said the government will hold 10,000 vaccination camps on September 12 to inoculate 12 lakh people. Briefing reporters after inspecting a camp in Chennai, he said additional vaccination camps will be held in nine districts bordering Kerala.
“On September 12, we plan to conduct 10,000 camps. Though they are to be held in all the 38 districts, officials are advised to organise additional camps in the nine districts,” he said.
During his visit to New Delhi recently, Subramanian said he had requested Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandviya to allot additional doses for all the residents of the nine districts that border Kerala which was seeing high infection rate. Subramanian said based on the request, the Centre released 19,22,080 vaccines on Sunday. “Till date, we have vaccinated 3,53,93,780 people. The vaccination commenced on January 16. On Saturday, 6.20 lakh people got the jab on a single day,” he said.
Subramanian said the health department has infrastructure for the 10,000 camps and asked the teaching fraternity to assist healthcare workers. “Teachers, too, should create awareness and ask members of the public to get vaccinated,” he said. (PTI)
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