Covaxin arrives but wait continues for Covishield
The Hindu
Vaccine hesitancy is an issue in the peripheral villages around Tiruchi city
Around 5,000 people who had been waiting for the second dose of Covaxin were relieved as special camps to administer the vaccine have been under way over the last few days. On Tuesday too, camps to administer Covaxin have been planned. A consignment of 11,600 doses of Covaxin was delivered to Tiruchi on Monday evening, following which it was distributed among Tiruchi city and the rural parts. A total of 4,000 doses would be administered in Tiruchi city and 7,000 in the other blocks in the district.For the first time in a Lok Sabha election, the AIADMK forfeited deposits in seven constituencies. For the ruling DMK, the verdict is seen as a popular endorsement of the functioning of its three-year government under Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The outcome indicates that the BJP, whose Hindutva ideology has all along been considered alien to the political ethos of Tamil Nadu
Cardiologist and MP-elect from Bengaluru Rural C.N. Manjunath, who contested from the BJP and defeated three-time Congress MP D.K. Suresh, said he was the “people’s candidate” and that it is their aspiration to see him in the Union Cabinet. In an interview with The Hindu, he claimed his victory was possible because those who were treated at the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research became his “ambassadors”.