Chennai, Jan 16 (TIWN) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Saturday said he too will get a vaccine shot against the Coronavirus.

Launching the Covid-19 vaccination drive in the state at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, Palaniswami told reporters that he too will get vaccinated against Coronavirus and added that the State had received 556,500 doses of vaccines -- 536,500 doses of Covishield and 20,000 doses of Covaxin.

Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar and others were also present at the hospital.  The first vaccine shot was given to K. Senthil, State President of Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association.  Both the vaccines -- Covishield, manufactured by Serum Institute of India and Covaxin developed and manufactured by Bharat Biotech -- will be used in the state.  Palaniswami said 28 days after the first shot, a second vaccine dose will be administered and one has to be very careful for the next 42 days after which immunity against coronavirus will develop.