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2,783 healthcare workers get immunised

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The State has the capacity to vaccinate 16,600 people a day but only 2,783 got the shot on January 16 — the most in Chennai (348) and the least in Perambalur (2).

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A health worker shows a vial of COVID-19 vaccine Covieshield at the Government Hospital in Tambaram near Chennai on January 16, 2021.

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No adverse effect following vaccination: Health Minister

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Vijayabaskar terms the first day of immunisation ‘successful’

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Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar hands over doses of COVISHIELD vaccine to a health worker in Tiruchi on Wednesday.

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Adequate stocks of vaccine for second dose on day 28 available, Health Secretary says

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A total of 6.83 lakh health workers and frontline workers have registered for the vaccination drive till date

The Centre is procuring the vaccines and the State government is supplying them through government hospitals

State records 610 cases; 2 districts see no infection

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17 districts report under 10 infections each; six more persons succumb to COVID-19; 775 discharged

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A health worker shows a vial of COVID-19 vaccine Covieshield at the Government Hospital in Tambaram near Chennai on January 16, 2021.

2,783 healthcare workers get immunised

Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar hands over doses of COVISHIELD vaccine to a health worker in Tiruchi on Wednesday.

No adverse effect following vaccination: Health Minister

The Centre is procuring the vaccines and the State government is supplying them through government hospitals

Adequate stocks of vaccine for second dose on day 28 available, Health Secretary says

State records 610 cases; 2 districts see no infection

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Stalin demands ₹30,000 per acre as relief

Special Correspondent DMK president M.K. Stalin on Saturday demanded relief for farmers and the general public who were affected by the ‘margazhi’ rain in the State. In a statement in Chennai, he said farmers should be given ₹30,000 per acre as crop damage. “The crop was ready for harvest but was completely destroyed in the rain. It has proved to be a double whammy for farmers, who had already borne the brunt of Cyclone Nivar,” he said. “The failure of the AIADMK government to deslit the drains resulted in flooding,”

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