Chennai: Health Minister Ma Subramanian along with DMK MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin inaugurated a vaccination camp for pregnant women in Cuddalore yesterday (July 3).


The leaders were likely to hold meetings with officials and discuss about the report of COVID-19 cases in the district.


Following Centre’s guidelines for vaccinating pregnant women against Covid-19, Tamil Nadu became the first state to start a vaccination camp for pregnant women.


Supporting the drive, pregnant women have been coming forward for vaccination in the State, and Health Department officials in the district said that more such camps will soon be started. 


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According to officials, the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Chennai will also begin inoculating pregnant women. “The ICMR guidelines on vaccinating pregnant women came out a few days ago and this is probably the first camp in the country post the guidelines,” Subramanian said.


As per Dina Thanthi quote, Health Minister said, “The vaccination drive in TN is progressing well and as on Friday, more than 1.50 crore vaccines were administered. So far 1,57,76,550 vaccines have been received from the Centre."


He said that there was a total of 6,41,220 doses in stock on Saturday and about 71 lakh doses were expected this month.


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According to reports, Tamil Nadu administered 4,73,654 vaccine doses on Saturday which is the highest single-day inoculations till now. Of these, 2,79,123 were in the 18-44 age category, while 1,42,269 doses were administered in the 45-60 age group.