Cases Are Down In Tamil Nadu, But There's New COVID-19 Worry

The ruling DMK even alleged that BJP-ruled states were receiving more doses and demanded a special allocation of 1 crore doses to what it called to correct the imbalance.

In a new worry for Tamil Nadu, health authorities say the state is facing a kind of vaccination apathy among its residents following a drastic dip in daily coronavirus case numbers from about 36,000 a day during the peak of the second wave in May to less than 2,000 now. Though on Monday the state administered over 4 lakh doses, its daily average over the last week is 2.23 lakh doses and even more worryingly, only 37 per cent of the population have got one Covid dose and little over 8.2 per cent have got both doses, much less than the national average. The state has a capacity to inoculate 8 lakh people daily but it managed to cross 5 lakh just one day. Till July, the state was reporting a short supply. The ruling DMK even alleged that BJP-ruled states were receiving more doses and demanded a special allocation of 1 crore doses to what it called to correct the imbalance.