Massive Campaign Planned To Increase Covid Booster Dosage

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu well being division is planning to launch an enormous marketing campaign that may see the participation of celebrities in an effort to extend the Covid-19 booster dose protection within the state.

At present, solely 27 p.c of the state’s whole inhabitants has been inoculated with the booster shot.

The state authorities had supplied free Covid-19 booster pictures until September 30.

Talking concerning the upcoming marketing campaign, Tamil Nadu Well being Minister Ma Subramanian advised IANS that the state authorities has already written to the Centre requesting extra booster vaccines.

“After the large promotions, we count on the booster dose protection to enhance within the state,” he added.

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He additionally mentioned that the state has achieved 92 p.c protection of the second dose in opposition to Covid-19 and that it was primarily because of the onerous work put in by the medical doctors, nurses, and different allied workers of the well being division, volunteers, and social employees throughout the state.

The well being division, in response to sources has chalked out a transparent roadmap for bettering the booster vaccine drive within the state to stop any additional escalation of Covid-19.

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Dr. Suchithra Menon, a well being specialist at a personal medical faculty in Chennai, advised IANS: “The state authorities’s initiative is sweet and there must be good protection of booster dose among the many inhabitants to maintain the illness at bay. The well being division selling the booster dose vaccine will fetch outcomes as it’s seen within the 92 per cent protection of the second dose of vaccine.”

Nevertheless, the variety of coronavirus circumstances has come down in Chennai. On Thursday, Tamil Nadu recorded 404 coronavirus circumstances. It additionally witnessed 504 individuals recovering from an infection.