TIRUCHI
Vaccine hesitancy appears to be waning as more than 10,000 people were inoculated per day over the last few days in Tiruchi. More than 50% of the people showing eagerness to get vaccinated were between 18 to 45-years-old, officials said.
Officials of the Department of Public Health said that since the Tiruchi City Corporation began inoculation for people over the age of 18, the number of people lining up to get the vaccine has been on the rise.
According to data from the past three days - May 25, 26 and 27, 7861, 12,254 and 18,324 people took the shot. On May 25, of the 7,861 beneficiaries, 6,659 were people over the age of 18, and 5,684 of them had taken the shot at government vaccination centres. Similar trends were observed for the next two consecutive days, with 10,279 of the 12,254 on May 26, and 14,954 of the 18,324 on May 27 belonging to the same age group.