Covid-19 Protocols Enforced by Tamil Nadu District Collectors

About 93.74% people in Tamil Nadu have got their first vaccine and 82.55% have got their second dose.

Tamil Nadu District Collectors have enforced Covid-19 protocols in their districts after the increase in the Covid-19 cases.

State Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan in a letter to the District Collectors on May 26 said the steady surge in Covid-19 cases in Chennai and several other parts of the state indicates that immunity levels are falling.

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‘About 93.74% people in Tamil Nadu have got their first vaccine and 82.55% have got their second dose.’

He also mentioned that this would lead to people becoming susceptible to variants, sub-variants and lineages of Covid-19.

The health department is worried that apart from institutional clusters like that in IIT Madras and Anna University, family clusters are also developing in Chennai and the adjoining districts of Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu and Tiruvallur.

The District Collectors have asked the local level officers, including health officials, to be vigilant and check the infection from spreading.

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The district administration has also urged the government and private hospitals to conduct checks on people with comorbidities and the elderly.

The police have been directed to ensure stringent action is taken against those not wearing masks.

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The health department in a statement said as of Thursday, 43 lakh eligible people in the state are yet to take the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine while 1.22 crore people have not taken their second dose.

As many as 93.74% people of the state have received their first vaccine dose while 82.55% have taken their second dose.

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Source-IANS