Chennai: Health care providers, frontline workers and senior citizens with comorbid health conditions that have completed two doses of anti-covid vaccines on April 14 will be eligible to take their third shot on Monday, the first day of the booster launch.
Chief Minister M K Stalin will inaugurate the program, which will discuss around 35 lakh people.
The booster dose will be provided every day for everyone in the category mentioned above which has completed 39 weeks or nine months, Minister of Health MA Subramanian said on Saturday.
At least 9 Lakh’s front line workers, 5.6 lakh health workers and 20 senior Lakh residents will be given a third shot.
“These people will receive the same vaccine they receive for the first two doses,” he said.
Meanwhile, the country was vaccinated by more than 21 lakh children 33.4 lakh in the age group 15-18 to Friday.
Throughout India, 1.5 Crore students have been vaccinated.
Until Saturday morning, 87% of adults in the state and 92% of adults in Chennai had received the first dose.
At least 61% of people in the state including 71% of people in Chennai have obtained a dose.
On Saturday, 17.3 lakh people were vaccinated in TN.
These include 97,689 people in the age group 15-18.
There will be no vaccination camps on Sunday because the state government has imposed total locking.