Vaccination for frontline workers to begin today
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At 15 designated centres in Tiruchi district
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COVID-19 vaccine being administered to the Collector M.Govinda Rao at the Thanjavur Medical College Hospital on Wednesday.
At 15 designated centres in Tiruchi district
Vaccination of front line workers, other than health workers, would begin in Tiruchi district at 15 designated centres from Thursday. The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital, Puthanatham Primary Healthcare Centre (UPHC), Lalgudi Government Hospital, Musiri GH, Srirangam GH, Inamkulathur PHC, Sirugambur PHC, Thuvakudi GH, Veeramachanpatti PHC, Valanadu PHC, Subramaniyapuram PHC, Vaiyampatty PHC, T. Pet PHC, Kattuputhur PHC and Woraiyur PHC have so far been registered on the Co-Win portal as session sites for the vaccination drive. Frontline workers who have registered on the portal will soon receive notifications on their date and time of inoculation, a data entry ope
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A physician of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital being administered vaccine in Tiruchi on Saturday.
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M. Moorthy
Vaccination against COVID-19 got off to a slow start in the central region with frontline healthcare workers administered the vaccines on Saturday.
The first phase of the vaccine roll-out seeks to cover doctors, nurses and paramedical and support staff. In Tiruchi, the vaccination drive started with only four doctors receiving the validation message from CoWin (application developed to manage the drive) at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH). Doctors at the GH attributed the glitches to server overload and said it would be rectified soon.