Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has announced that ‘precautionary’ dose of COVID-19 vaccine would be administered for senior citizens at their homes.
On Monday, in a tweet, the civic body urged senior citizens to call Corporation helpline to get the precautionary booster dose vaccination at home.
“Persons aged above 60 years with co-morbidities can avail home vaccination by booking it through emergency helpline 1913 or #COVID helpline 044-2538 4520 and 044-4812 2300,” the tweet said.
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On Monday, the civic body launched booster doses of vaccination for 73,564 eligible residents, including 29,338 senior citizens, 6,925 frontline workers, 37,301 healthcare workers.
Help residents
The civic body directed COVID-19 volunteers to visit homes of patients and advise members of the family about wearingof masks. The volunteers will help residents get medicines and collect information about tele-counselling for them. They will also inform the zonal health officials about the condition of patients under isolation. As many as 36889 calls have been made to COVID-19 patients by tele-counsellors at the call centres.
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