Tamil Nadu: Data highlight need to focus on curbing comorbidities

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Vaccination on war footing may give immense benefits in bringing down Covid-19 deaths, but the state now has clear evidence to show that long-term Health policies should focus on prevention, management and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that push infectees into ICUs and complications.

An audit of people who died due toCovid 19showed that nearly seven out of 10 people had not taken the vaccine.

Though the state

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has vaccinated nearly 90% of its Population above the age of 18 with one dose and 67% with two, a large number of the vulnerable population remain without vaccine protection. Of the 10.4 crore people above 60 years, nearly 37 lakh havent taken even one dose of the vaccine.