Chennai Due to the urban civic bodies elections on February 19, the 23rd edition of the major COVID-19 vaccination camp has been postponed, according to Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister Ma Subramanian.

He said the normal vaccination programmes would be cancelled next Saturday since the state will be electing new delegates to civic bodies (for a total of 12,838 seats in a single-phase election).

After reviewing the camp at Rajiv Gandhi govt General Hospital (RGGGH), the minister told reporters that the government has made arrangements to administer vaccine doses at all government hospitals on election day, citing the necessity of immunisation.

"Due to the election, we will not be able to organise big camps," he stated, "but sufficient plans will be made to vaccinate people against COVID-19 at government institutions." Approximately 3.65 crore people have been vaccinaed as a result of the 21 mega camps hosted across the state at the same time.

"A total of 9.75 crore people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and prophylactic doses have been administered to 7.91 lakh people since its launch on January 10," the minister added.

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