Chennai: Two lakh staff, thousands of volunteers, 50,000 vaccination camps, more than 8,000 vehicles other than public campaigns and door-to-door canvassing by nurses can bring less than 20 lakh people to the seventh mega vaccination camp on Saturday.
At 8:15 a.m., the immunization division attached to the Preventive Medical Directorate announced 17.1 Lakh people visited vaccination camps.
Among the 10.8 lakh people have taken the first dose.
The slowdown in vaccination throughout the country has often been associated with a combination of wrong information and distrust, labeled by public health workers in the state as a vaccine of doubt.
On Saturday, officials said, rain in many parts of the country lowered the presence in camps.
As a result, more than 1.7 adults Crore in the state have not taken one vaccine dose and nearly 50 lakh will be a second dose – some of them due since May.
“Most people who have not been vaccinated are reluctant, worried or procrastinated,” said Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan.
Many people took vaccines for the past week told TII that they were forced to roll their sleeves for reasons that were unavoidable.
“I don’t impress for vaccinations.
I just don’t think it’s needed,” said a senior resident of S Rajeshwari, who took a vaccine at the primary health center at Chennai on Thursday.
For months, he and her husband did not want to take a vaccine, until his son insisted.
“He works for a corporate company.
His office has made it mandatory for home members to be vaccinated.
If we do not take it, he will not be able to return to work,” he said.
People have various ways to reach vaccination centers on Saturdays, but most of them say they made a sudden decision, after months not acting.
“I was sick of wearing a mask all day in college.
I wear it even when I step out with friends to drink coffee.
They keep reminding me to wear it right because I was not vaccinated.
I came here today because I was fed up with it , “said a 19-year-old student, Sakshi A.
Virologically Based on Vellore Dr.
T Jacob John said many people had to be encouraged to take this road quickly.
“New cases come down; the hospital is empty and there is no more stringent locking.
So, people might assume we are safe,” he said.
“Vaccines can stop a new surge.
We must get all our people who are vulnerable to closed,” he said.
11 Districts reported an increase in Covid cases: Eleven districts reported an increase in cases on Saturday when new cases in the country fell to 1,021 from 1,039 on Friday.
The state reported 14 deaths and issued 1,172 people from the registry.
In the end, there were 11,685 active cases and the cumulative toll road reached 36,097.
On Friday Chennai reported 126 new cases and Coimbatore recorded 118.
At least 25 districts reported less than 20 cases each on Saturday.
With two new cases Ramanathapuram reported the least number of cases followed by three each in Tenkasi and Mayiladuthurai.
Of the 14 deaths reported on Saturday, there were three in Coimbatore and two in Erode, Trichy and Nagapattinam.
Chengalpattu, Salem, Kancheepuram, Thiruvarur and Ranipet reported one of their respective deaths.
Twenty-nine districts reported zero death.