Vaccine shortage stares at districts
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A closed vaccination centre in Salem on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E
Officials from the Health Department in Tiruppur district said on Tuesday that the district has exhausted its COVID-19 vaccine stock a day after administering over 10,000 doses to beneficiaries.
On Monday, Tiruppur district administered 10,720 Covishield and Covaxin doses, including 10,219 first doses and 501 second doses. This was the highest in the State as per the vaccine coverage report on Monday, the officials said.
Only about 1,000 doses were available in the vaccination centres in the district on Tuesday morning, which were exhausted within a few hours. With the vaccination drive being halted temporarily, the district administration has not received communication from the State government regarding supply of additional vaccine doses as of Tuesday, according to the officials.
DMK’s Sriperumbudur MP TR Baalu is camping in New Delhi for more than a week to bridge the communication between the Centre and the State to procure vaccines.
As the available vaccine stock inadequate to vaccinate people in the 18-44 age group in the district, the Health Department is focusing on vaccinating workers at industries and allied sectors and is w