Chennai: Taking note of the rising Covid cases in the State, the Tamilnadu government has intensified vaccination drive.
According to sources, more vaccination centres are being set up across the State and mobile units are being deployed to reach out to the public at their doorsteps.
Tamilnadu presently has 512 micro containment areas with active Covid-19 cases. Of these, 409 habitations are in urban areas and 103 in rural parts of the State, according to Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan.
Radhakrishnan said that the double mutant strain of Coronavirus has not been confirmed in Tamilnadu.
He said that while coronavirus spread has not changed, people’s behaviour has changed, leading to an increase in the number of new cases.
“People are wearing masks when they see officials. I am asking the people, are we coronavirus? We are not coronavirus. The virus is amongst us and is roaming without the mask. To protect from it, you need to wear masks,” he said.