Tiruvannamalai Collector gets COVID-19 vaccine
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While 2,500 well being staff have acquired the vaccine to date in Tiruvannamalai district, in Vellore 3,000 have been vaccinated, officers stated
As a part of the vaccination programme for income, police, native administration and different frontline staff, the Tiruvannamalai district collector, Sandeep Nanduri, was administered the Covishield vaccine on Wednesday.
The COVID-19 vaccination programme for well being staff began in Vellore, Tirupathur, Ranipet and Tiruvannamalai districts on January 16. A complete of 42,100 doses have been allotted for these districts. In Tiruvannamalai alone, 10,000 well being staff have registered for the vaccination and out of this 2,500 have been vaccinated.
Meanwhile, the vaccination programme for the income, native our bodies, police and different frontline staff started on Wednesday. “The registrations began last week and last evening we received the go ahead to vaccinate other frontline workers. Till date more than 5,000 have registered. As part of the revenue department, the collector got himself vaccinated,” stated an official from Tiruvannamalai Collectorate.
Mr. Nanduri stated that he didn’t have any adversarial affect and after being underneath remark for half-hour, he went on inspection work. “No one has reported adverse effects after the vaccination. Some get a slight fever, but recover soon. Everyone should make use of this opportunity,” he stated.
In Vellore district too, over 5,000 frontline staff have been registered to get the vaccine. “A total of 3,000 out of 17,000 health workers have been vaccinated till date,” stated an official from Vellore.
