The State created a capacity of 14,460 jabs of Covishield and 600 of Covaxin. The highest turnout was in Chennai, where 482 people were vaccinated, while capacity was created for 1,200 jabs of Covishield, followed by Coimbatore where 245 people were vaccinated while capacity was created for 300. Meanwhile the state reported 589 new Covid-19 cases during the past 24 hours, 164 of which were from Chennai. Across the State, 51,956 persons were tested today, while 770 patients were discharged and seven died. The total number of cases stands at 830,772 cases, of which 812,568 have been discharged and 12,264 have died so far. The turnout for vaccination remains low on Day-2 at major vaccination centres due to lack of confidence and long holidays.
Vaccination drive begins in southern districts
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‘We are not compelling any health worker to get vaccinated. It is being done with their consent’
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Dean, Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital, M. Ravichandran receives the COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday.
| Photo Credit: A. Shaikmohideen
‘We are not compelling any health worker to get vaccinated. It is being done with their consent’
The Department of Public Health commenced vaccination of frontline health workers on Saturday.
With the Dean, Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital, M. Ravichandran receiving the first shot in the presence of Collector V. Vishnu and Deputy Director of Public Health, M. Varadharajan, the vaccination drive was kicked off with doctors, nurses and staff of TVMCH cheering.
Two killed in accident
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Two persons, including an 8-year-old girl, were killed in a road accident near Kovilpatti on Wednesday when the cargo autorickshaw in which they were travelling hit a stationary lorry from behind. Police said Gopalakrishnan, 35, of Mela Thediyoor near Palayamkottai, who is running a lathe in Coimbatore, was returning to his native place in his cargo auto along with his family and relatives for ‘Pongal’. When they were crossing Idaiseval Chathrapatti intersection, the cargo auto hit a stationary lorry from behind around 7 a.m. in which Gopalakrishnan’s daughter Yashika, 8, and driver Bhaskar’s wife Sumithra, 35, were killed on the spot.
Youth hacked to death
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A youth was hacked to death after he had a heated argument with an old man.
Police said the argument broke out between P. Esakki Raja, 21, of Rengasamudram Naththam Colony under Pappakudi police station limits and S. Papanasam, 60, of the same area on Sunday night over taking puja items auctioned in the village temple.
When Esakki Raja was returning home after the argument, Papanasam, his associates Mariappan, 47, Poovaiah, 36, and Jai Ganesh, 26, waylaid him and hacked him.
With grievous injuries, Esakki Raja was admitted to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital where died in the small hours of Monday.
Life term for trio in murder case
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A court here has awarded life imprisonment to three persons for murdering a youth. According to prosecution, Ramakrishnan, 52, of Devipattinam under Sivagiri police station limits bought mutton from butcher Udaiyaar of the same area for Deepavali celebrations in 2010. As Ramakrishnan did not give money for the mutton, Udaiyaar filed a complaint at Sivagiri police station. Subsequently, Ramakrishnan and Udaiyaar were asked to appear for interrogation. When Udaiyaar went to the police station C. Murugan, 38, of Devitpattinam accompanied the butcher. After the end of the interrogation, Ramakrishnan was asked to give ₹800 to Udaiyaar towards the mutton he had bought.