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COIMBATORE: A controversy broke out after the Tirupur Corporation administered around 800 doses of Covaxin to employees of three garment factories. The stock was initially allotted to four urban primary health centres (UPHCs). There were media reports of the civic body taking away vaccines meant for the public and selling it to private garment factories.
However, the health department and the corporation denied the accusation. Health officers said it was the corporation’s prerogative on who they decide to vaccinate first. Officials said garment factories were Covid-19 clusters once. It is a high-risk sector and thus their employees must be vaccinated on priority, according to them.