Chennai: In a key step which indicates that vaccines for Covid-19 might arrive soon, the Director of Public Health (DPH) and Preventive Medicine has instructed all Deputy Directors of Health Services to prepare a micro plan, at the level of health sub-centres (HSC), primary health centres (PHC) and districts, for carrying out vaccination against Covid-19 in the near future.
In a circular to all Deputy Directors of Health Services, the DPH said the Government of India was planning to introduce a vaccine against Covid-19 in the near future.
In this connection, the Deputy Directors were instructed to advise the respective staff to prepare an HSC/PHC/district-level micro plan for vaccination.
On Tuesday, 200 days since the first case was reported, Tamilnadu registered 5,337 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 76 deaths. Active cases were 46,350 while the case tally was more than 5.5 lakh. The cumulative death toll neared 9,000.
