Chennai, May 4 (IANS) With shortage of Covid-19 vaccines reported in Tamil Nadu, about two lakh doses of Covishield and 75,000 vials of Covaxin arrived here on Tuesday.

The additional stock arrived here following a request by the state government to the Central government.

The daily Covid-19 infection rate has gone up to about 20,000 in Tamil Nadu and the demand for vaccination from the people is good.

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