Chennai: Despite the mega immunization drive being a huge success, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramaniam feels that the state is still vulnerable to COVID-19 as a large number of eligible population still needs to be given the first dose, and hence the state is in the midst of it. But can’t relax. Its achievements.
He mentioned this in a letter to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, citing the need for more vaccines as an additional quota from the central government.
In a letter written on Monday, the Tamil Nadu Health Minister requested the Union Health Minister to provide 50 lakh vaccines per week in addition to the current supply so that the entire population is vaccinated with at least one dose of the vaccine by the end of October 2021. Can go .
Tamil Nadu has an adult population of 6.06 crore and till Sunday it had vaccinated its 4.01 crore population with at least one dose of vaccine after a mega vaccination campaign.
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The health minister said in the letter that the missed out population is a matter of concern and therefore the state health department cannot be satisfied unless at least one dose of the jab is given to every eligible person in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Ma Subramaniam said that the state vaccinated 28.91 lakh people during the mega immunization drive on Sunday and added that the state is giving about 5 lakh doses daily. He said that apart from the number of people who got vaccinated during the mega vaccine drive, the state has the capacity to vaccinate 50 lakh people in a week, and hence wants to utilize this opportunity.
The state health minister also said that Tamil Nadu would organize such mega vaccination camps every week so that the entire population could be covered with at least one dose of the vaccine.
He said that the instructions and support provided by the Chief Minister of the State MK Stalin has helped the State Health Department in carrying out such a massive vaccination drive which is a milestone for the Health Department of Tamil Nadu.
The Minister thanked the Union Health Minister for supporting the state of Tamil Nadu with adequate supply of vaccines and said that he was looking forward to more supplies for conducting mega vaccination camps.
(IANS. with inputs)
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