Coimbatore: Vaccination camp in the city on Saturday saw people struggling not to be permitted for breakfast before being inoculated.
People appeared in government high school in Manijakanakalayam for vaccination drive as early as 6 in the morning.
After collecting tokens, they demanded corporate officials to open the school gate so that they came out and ate.
When the official refused, an argument broke and finally they allowed around 25 people to get out to eat before taking Jab.
While the list of vaccination camps will be released only at 8 in the morning, said a source, people queue in front of their nearest corporation or government school as early as 6 am is a common view, because they don’t want to miss the opportunity.
In government secondary schools in Manijakakanlayam, corporate officials began distributing tokens for 250 doses allocated at 10 am.
However, there were more than 250 people in Queue.A Corporation officials said, “We issued a token to people after recording their names and Aadhaar numbers.
We close the gate at 11:10 a.m.
after removing all 250 tokens.
We did it to prevent people People who secure the tokens come out and give them or sell them to others.
Another intention is to prevent people who do not get tokens into and make a scene.
“However, the people who received Tokens asked officials to open the gate, stated they were hungry And want to take a bite before getting a bite before getting a bite inoculated, when they wait in the queue for three to four hours.
“When we refused, they aregated with us.
To end the commotion, we finally opened the gate, lets them go out and eat,” the official said.