Chennai: Most vaccination centers throughout the state are closed after more than 18 districts reported the nil shares on Saturday.
At 10 pm, TN received 5 doses of lakh covishield, which was sent to the district through the night of the night at night.
Officials say the district will continue vaccination from Sunday but those who need a covaxin dose – first or second – have to wait until Tuesday, when the next vaccine stock is expected.
The state, which has around 20,000 doses, recorded 27,922 vaccinations on Saturday.
Officials said the daily count included several backlog entries.
“Some primary health centers (PHC) and hospitals do not enter recipient details every day.
Some of these backlog entries are added to the daily list.
Also, nurses managed to squeeze up to at least 11 doses of each 10-dose bottle,” said Director with Immunization with Dr K Vinay Kumar.
During the past week, the state has reported a maximum of 1.3 lakh vaccination in a day compared to 4.7 lakh on 3.
July.
Coimbatore, who reported the nail dose, did not have a vaccination camp for the seventh consecutive day.
While most districts in Western belts complained about the same problem, the situation was no different in the southern district.
In Madurai, around 1,000 people were vaccinated on Saturday.
Most people who receive a shot get it through special camps organized by the District Health Authority, but what has made Senior Irked citizens lack information.
“I tried to get information about the availability of vaccines.
I have mentioned the help channel and asked the people I knew.
Most said there was no vaccine.
My husband and I matured for the second dose on July 5,” said a Sundari resident Tahsildar Nagar.
To worsen the situation, he gets a text message that reminds him to get the second dose on time.
In the midst of the lack of acute vaccines, the commercial tax minister P Muhorthy inaugurated a special vaccination camp organized by the Department of Welfare Welfare of the State Labor.
He told reporters that 4,000 construction workers had received their first dose and that their steps to vaccinate the driver and authorickshaw industry workers.
“We vaccinate as much as possible people every day.
The amount of vaccination depends on the number of vaccines received,” he said.