Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Dr. J. Radhakrishnan has said that it is not mandatory for people to get vaccinated for COVID19 and only those who voluntarily come forward would be administered the vaccine.
The first batch of 5.56 lakh doses of Serum Institute’s Covishield corona virus vaccines are arriving in Tamil Nadu today from Pune. The vaccination will start from January 16th.
Dr. Radhakrishnan during speaking to the press said that in the first phase, 5,56,500 Covshield vaccines from Serum Institute and 20,000 COVAXIN vaccines from Bharat Biotech will arrive in Tamil Nadu. A person will be vaccinated twice at 30-day intervals. Vaccines are to be first administered to frontline workers like doctors, nurses, hygiene workers, etc. Guidelines from the Central Government are awaited for who will be administered Covishield and COVAXIN.
The vaccines have now arrived at the Chennai airport. From here, they will be taken to 10 locations in the state.