Tamil Nadu CM appeals to PM to provide additional doses of 50 lakh Covid vaccines to state

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide additional doses of 50 lakh Covid vaccines to the State. In a letter to the Prime Minister ysterday, Stalin said that so far four crore people have been vaccinated in the State.

He reiterated that the State Government intended to vaccinate all the uncovered eligible population by 31st of October apart from administering a second dose to persons who are due



to receive them.

Thanking the Union Government for supporting the initiatives against Covid 19, he informed that Tamil Nadu still continued to be below the National average.

The Chief Minister said that directions have been given to the officers of the State to closely liaise with the Ministry of health  and provide all necessary information to enable the State to get additional doses.