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People show enthusiasm, queue up for vaccination at Tamil Nadu hospitalsV

 In Tamil Nadu, apart from online registration, the state administration also allowed people to walk in and register for coronavirus vaccinations in phase-2.

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Since Monday morning the vaccination center at the government hospital in Chennai was unusually busy as people walked in to get the Coronavirus vaccine shotThe situation was similar at various government hospitals in Chennai In Tamil Nadu, apart from online registration, the state administration also allowed people to walk in and register for vaccinations Seventy-year old S Jayaraman, who reached the government general hospital in Chennai at 8.30am waited patiently for his turn to register. He said he was not anxious ahead of taking the taking the vaccine and authorities had told him that he could choose the vaccine.

Next to Apollo’s main hospital in Chennai, a vaccination center run by the hospital saw a good response. Fifty-eight-year old Venkatramaih, executive director of an automobile company walked into Apollo’s center to register and said that he was taking Covishield. “I am very enthusiastic and have no apprehensions since it’s approved by the government and ICMR. Everyone should take and it’s our primary responsibility to avoid spreading the infection ,” he said.Across the state, 529 government hospitals and 761 private hospitals have been roped in for the second phase of the vaccination drive in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu government has released a list of guidelines for the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive starting March 1 The guidelines state that the name of the vaccine, whether Covaxin or Covishield, will not be disclosed at the time of the appointment.


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