
Vaccination for those above 18 put on hold in Puducherry
The Hindu
Health Department says it is yet to receive stocks to begin the programme
The Union Territory has put on hold the programme to deliver COVID-19 vaccination for everyone above 18 years of age due to non-availability of vaccines. A top Health Department official said the administration was yet to receive stocks against its indent for an estimated six lakh vaccines for the 18-44 age group. “We had requested the Centre for a first consignment of two lakh vaccines for May and another four lakh for June but are waiting for stocks to be released,” the official said.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












