Chennai: Tamilnadu is well equipped and prepared to administer the Covid-19 vaccine by adhering to the stipulated protocol, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar has said.
In the first phase, the government has identified six lakh front-line workers — doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and sanitary workers — for vaccination, and the cold chain, including the mobile cold chain, is ready, he told reporters.
The details of how many vaccine shots TN will get in first phase will be known in a week, said State Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan. He said the two vaccines approved by the Centre can be used for new version of corona too.
The Central Drugs and Standards Committee (CDSCO) on Sunday formally approved the Covid-19 vaccines by Bharat Biotech and the Serum Institute of India (SII). This allows the vaccines — Covishield by SII and based on the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, and Covaxin by Bharat Biotech — to be offered to healthcare workers and frontline workers in India.