Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan today urged people not to hesitate to take COVID-19 vaccine, saying it was safe. ''Vaccine is safe. People all over the world are taking the vaccine. There is not even a single incident of fatality due to the vaccination till now. The Governor visited the Urban Health Centre at Tilak Nagar in the city to inspect COVID-19 vaccine dry run held there. She also inspected the cold chain system, vaccination rooms and the vaccination process at the Urban Health Centre. Later, in a tweet, Soundararajan, a medical doctor said, ''Appreciate arrangements of state and central governments to vaccinate eligible beneficiaries.
Public should come forward without any hesitation or fear of vaccines due to misinformation. Safety of vaccines established beyond doubts by health authorities.'' The vaccination process would be taken up in four stages in the state and that around 80 lakh people would be vaccinated, she said. As part of the first phase of vaccination, around five lakh people would be administered the vaccine.
The governor congratulated the Centre for making the vaccination process possible and the state government for the arrangements. While 2020 was a year of pandemic, 2021 would be a ''year of protection. I am really very happy. 2020 was a year of a pandemic... Now 2021 is going to be a year of protection,'' she told before media.
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