100 % vaccination achieved in five wards of Madurai
The Hindu
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Five of the 100 wards in Madurai Corporation have achieved 100% vaccination against COVID-19. In the wards where people were reluctant to take the vaccine shot, the number of cases was slightly increasing, said Corporation Commissioner K. P. Karthikeyan here on Thursday.
Speaking to The Hindu, he said 50% the residents in most of the wards had taken both doses. he focus was to contain the spread locally. “We have been doing door-to-door checks in residential areas where complaints of fever and other ailments are coming in,” he said and added that reluctant people were given counselling about the importance of the vaccine.
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