Tika Utsav evokes good response on the last day, 50,000 take jab

No vaccination on the first three days as stocks went dry

Though the first three days of the four-day Tika Utsav failed to take off, it ended on a good note with about 50,000 taking the jab on the last day, here on Wednesday. Huge rush was seen at COVID Vaccine Centres, across the city, including at Swarna Bharathi Auditorium. However, a few senior citizens, especially those who had gone for the second dose, were disappointed, as the one that they were administered for the first was not available, wherever they had gone. “Initially, I was given Covishield, and my second dose is due, but after visiting two centres at Swarna Bharathi and Chinnawaltair, I was turned down, as Covishield was not available. For a friend of mine, it was the same case, but it was Covaxin,” said former Physical Director of Andhra University P.R. Narayanswami.