Social distancing goes for a toss as people line up outside vaccination centres in Karur

People flooded vaccination centres in Tamil Nadu's Karur district and waited over six hours for a Covid-19 jab, with little care for Covid guidelines.

After it was announced that 6,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be administered in Tamil Nadu’s Karur district, people flooded vaccination centres and waited for over six hours for a jab, with little care for Covid guidelines. Eager to get their Covid-19 shots, people began flocking to vaccination centres in the district in the wee hours of Friday morning. Moreover, many who arrived at the centres neither wore masks nor followed social distancing protocols, leading to fears of the spread of coronavirus.