COIMBATORE: The vaccination drive in the district was hit for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, as the state continues to wait for the arrival of its allotment of doses from the Centre.
The primary health centres in the district were getting anywhere between 100 and 300 doses of Covishield and Covaxin and the government hospitals around 400-500 doses daily to inoculate people in the age group of 45 to 60 years.
In addition, people in the age group of 18-44 years were getting vaccinated in camps.
However, all that came to a grinding halt on Saturday.
In total, the district requires 6,000 to 9,000-odd doses a day.
Officials confirmed that the district storage unit had run out of vaccines completely.
In fact, some primary health centres had a few doses of Covaxin, which they administered to the people aged above 45 as the second dose.
Some private hospitals too had a few doses of vaccine in stock and the same was administered to the existing patients.
The district has vaccinated 5,27,189 people so far.
“We have not received any word from Chennai on when we will get the next shipment of vaccines.
We understand that Chennai is expected to receive fresh doses of Covaxin and Covishield on June 10 and 11.
We will get our allotment after that,” an official, who didn’t want to be named, said.
Considering the demand, officials have requested the health department to at least divert stock of vaccine, in any, from other districts to the industrial camps in the district.
Coimbatore: Vaccination drive stalled for 2nd day
