CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has made a big push for Covid vaccination, but more than half its own 9.7 lakh frontline workers have not taken both doses. Worse, nearly 1.7 lakh or 18% of these workers, who include policemen, revenue officials and local body staff, have not taken even a single dose of the Covid vaccine.
The vaccination drive opened for frontline workers in February 2021, but data from the immunisation wing under the directorate of public health show only 4.4 lakh have taken two doses.
