Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan will launch vaccination programme today With the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme removing the age filter from Thursday in order to facilitate anyone above 45 years to get a shot, Puducherry is ramping up measures on a war footing to become a fully vaccinated Union Territory. Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan will launch a vaccination programme, targeted exclusively at women, by taking the first shot of COVID-19 vaccine at the Rajiv Gandhi Government Women and Children’s Hospital at 10 a.m. on Friday. Addressing a press conference at the Raj Nivas, Ms. Soundararajan said she was getting vaccinated to instil confidence in the public to volunteer for immunisation against COVID-19.