Tamil Nadu will soon get its first genome sequencing laboratory: Minister Ma Subramaniam.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramaniam on Thursday said that the state’s first genome sequencing analysis laboratory to detect delta-like coronavirus variants will soon be opened in the state.
In a statement, the minister said that the facility, which will be inaugurated by Chief Minister MK Stalin, which is coming up in the DMS campus, will be opened within the next ten days.
Equipment worth Rs 3 crore has been procured for this and five technicians from Tamil Nadu have been sent to Instem, Bengaluru for training, the statement said.
The State Health Minister said that so far 2.70 crore people have been vaccinated in Tamil Nadu. Out of this, 2,03,07,691 people have received their first dose and 48,58,628 people have received the second dose of the vaccine.
He also said that 2,74,011 pregnant women and 1,95,934 lactating mothers have received the vaccine in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Ma Subramaniam said that the Tamil Nadu health department has stopped giving people the first dose of Covaxin as the state needs four lakh doses of the vaccine for the second time. The state health minister said that two doses of Covaxin are given at an interval of 28 days, hence there is a shortage.
The state health minister also said that he has sent a letter to the Union health ministry stating that a minimum of four lakh doses of the vaccine are required to deliver the second dose of the vaccine.
He said that so far the state has received 39,08,250 doses of Covaxin and 36,31,545 doses have been given to the people. He also revealed that private hospitals have a stock of 2,12,937 doses of the vaccine.
He said the state currently has 8,89,877 doses of the vaccine in stock and the Union health ministry is expected to receive 27 lakh doses within 13 days as part of the state’s allocation for the month of August.
He also said that around 1.28 lakh people have been benefitted in a fortnight since the launch of the Chief Minister’s ‘Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam’, which is delivering health care to the doorsteps of the people.
Ma Subramaniam told IANS, “We are on top for the presence of variants and the new laboratory to test the genome sequencing will help detect these variants. With regard to the vaccine, we will do more in the next few days.” are hoping.”
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