Centre has supplied 1.01 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines to T.N., says government

96.74 lakh people have been inoculated, State govt. tells HC

The State government on Monday informed the Madras High Court that it had received 1,01,63,960 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the Centre till June 5, and that it had given the shots to 96,74,470 people, including 79,92,373 belonging to the 45 and above age group and 16,82,097 belonging to the 18-44 category. The court was also told that the Centre had given an assurance to supply 37,13,190 doses between June 9 and July 2. Appearing before Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram said the Centre had stated that 20,38,810 doses would be supplied through the Government of India channel for vaccinating those aged 45 and above, and that 16,74,380 doses could be purchased by the State government directly from the manufacturers for vaccinating the other category. [The Centre subsequently announced that it would revert to centralised procurement of COVID-19 vaccines].