Nilgiris vaccinates 61% of eligible population

Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiris tops the state in vaccination drive by inoculating 61% of the eligible population with the first or both the doses.
According to district collector J Innocent Divya, the Nilgiris has inoculated 3.55 lakh of the 5.8 lakh eligible population for vaccination. At least one lakh of them have received both the doses of vaccine.
“We will become a fully vaccinated district soon and the vaccination drive is being carried out in a serious manner. We are ahead of other districts in the state in the number of vaccinating people in any age bracket. We have inoculated 99% of postnatal mothers and 92% of antenatal mothers as well,” she said.
Divya said the health minister had a day ago inquired about the doses required to vaccinate the entire eligible population in the district. “When the government is coming forward to supply more vaccine doses, we have to utilize the opportunity.”
Divya, who inaugurated a vaccination camp by a private player at Coonoor on the day, said it was good to see the private concerns coming forward to sponsor vaccination camps in the hill district. “They are encouraged by the cooperation and involvement shown by the local people.”
On Monday, 2,000 doses of Covishield were sponsored by Caterpillar India through United Way, Chennai, for the camp at Coonoor. The sponsor would facilitate another two-day camp at Ooty, starting Tuesday.
The district is likely to get 10,000 more vaccine doses through sponsorship in the coming days,