The Covid-19 inoculation drive in several districts of Tamil Nadu is likely to be affected due to the shortage of vaccines. Health department officials informed that on Monday night there were only 50,000 doses of vaccine left in the central pool. The public health department has already conveyed to the union ministry for health and family welfare to send fresh doses to the state as the next quota of vaccines will be available only by July 11.

With the department conducting massive awareness drives and many celebrities including movie stars, Television stars, sportspersons including cricketers encourage the public to get vaccinated, there has been a high demand for doses, and in several districts across the state long queues were seen at vaccination centres.

However, according to reports,  the officials are planning to provide vaccines only for those who are taking the second dose as several districts have an extreme shortage. Health minister Ma Subramanian had claimed that the state has the capacity to vaccinate 8 lakh people, a day but owing to the shortage of vaccine supply, the state was not able to vaccinate more people.

The state of Tamil Nadu, according to health officials vaccinated 1,37,482 people on Monday alone and to date it has vaccinated 1.58 crore people. The July allocation for the state was 71 lakh but as of now, only 10 lakh vaccines have arrived in the state. Notably, Tamil Nadu has started vaccinating pregnant women as well as lactating mothers recently and in districts like Nilgiris, it has achieved 100 per cent vaccination for all the eligible population including the tribals.

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