Tamil Nadu's turnout for Covid-19 vaccine stays low for second day

Tamil Nadu reported a thin turnout for Covid-19 vaccination on the second day of the inoculation campaign, as people stayed home for a long weekend and some expressed their concern about the shot.

As many as 12,684 healthcare workers were vaccinated Saturday, compared to facilities created for 16,000 people. The Government Medical College Hospital at the Omandurar Government Estate in Chennai on Sunday had only a handful of people at vaccination centres that can handle a hundred people at least.

Some Medical students turned up at the Chennai hospital, getting the Serum Institute’s Covishield vaccine. At Salem’s government hospital, only six people