Tamil Nadu Chennai Live Updates: Third mega vaccination drive to be held on September 26 – The Indian Express

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A GCC health worker administers a Covid-19 shot during the mass vaccination drive in Chennai on Sunday. (Twitter/@chennaicorp)

Tamil Nadu Chennai News Live Updates: Tamil Nadu Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian said the government plans to hold the third mega vaccination camp on September 26 through 20,000 camps and appealed to members of the public to make use of it by extending their support to the government’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

“On September 12, we conducted the first mega vaccination camp targeting 20 lakh vaccinations and administered vaccinations to 28.91 lakh people over all and during the second vaccination camp 16.43 people received the jabs as against the targeted 15 lakh doses”, he said in a press release.

“During the third Mega Vaccination Camp on September 26, we have set a target to vaccinate 15 lakh people through 20,000 camps. We urge members of the public to make use of it by extending their support to the government’s fight against the virus”, he said. (PTI)

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