Pune is near vaccinating 50 lakh folks because the district intensifies its vaccination drive.
While Mumbai has already crossed the 50 lakh mark, Pune has given 43.48 lakh doses to date.
Rubal Aggarwal, Additional Municipal Commissioner of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), instructed Indian Express More than 16 lakh folks have been vaccinated underneath PMC’s jurisdiction and efforts are on to extend immunization in housing societies. “We are increasing the number of private hospitals providing vaccines and also furthering our goal of immunization at the society level,” Agarwal mentioned.
Dr Vijay Natarajan, CEO, Symbiosis Hospital mentioned that PMC has accepted paid vaccination in societies. “Like workplace immunizations, societies willing to pay for jobs will have to register and sign a memorandum of understanding with hospitals. Our teams will then visit the societies and administer the vaccines,” Dr Natarajan mentioned.
Dr Vaishali Jadhav, Assistant Medical Officer (Health) at PMC mentioned that 121 housing societies have already been given permission for an MoU with non-public hospitals and people who can afford it could possibly go forward with the vaccination marketing campaign. .
In areas underneath PMC, greater than 50,000 folks had been vaccinated in authorities and personal services in a single day. According to PMC officers, 19,300 extra doses shall be out there at 181 facilities on June 28.
Dr Sanjay Deshmukh, Assistant Director (Medical), Pune Circle mentioned Indian Express Pune is ready to vaccinate round 1 lakh folks in a day. “The aim is to be consistent and to vaccinate as many as possible,” he mentioned.
According to the state well being division information, 1.91 lakh folks above 45 years have acquired the primary dose, whereas 5.59 lakh folks on this age group have acquired each. In Pune district, 12.27 lakh folks within the age group of 18-44 have been given the primary dose, whereas 29,094 have been absolutely vaccinated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
