More Covaxin doses to be made available next week

 More Covaxin doses to be made available next week

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Piyush.Bhusari@timesgroup.com

28.01.2022

Pune: More Covaxin doses would be made available across the state from the next week because thousands in the 15-18 years’ category would become eligible for its second dose.

CoWIN data revealed that around 30 lakh teenagers had been vaccinated so far in the state. In the Pune district, around 2. 85 lakh teenagers have received their first shot.

State immunisation officer Sachin Desai told TOI, “In the past few days, the government has distributed over18 lakh doses of Covaxin across the state and more doses are likely to come from the Centre next week. There is absolutely no issue over the stock of Covaxin at present and for the second dose from the next week. ”

Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant director, health services, Pune circle, told TOI, “We distributed around 1. 2 lakh doses of Covaxin across Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad and rural units in the past few days. ”

Sanjay Patil, the chairman of the Indian Medical Association’s Hospital Board of India, Pune chapter, said, “Amid Omicron variant, we should not forget Delta. It is still there and so are the other variants. Once immunised, it takes at least two weeks for the immunity to develop. Hence, it is very neces-sary to get vaccinated. ”

According to the CoWIN data, a total of 34,357 beneficiaries were vaccinated in the dis- trict till 7pm on Thursday. A total of 1. 65 crore doses of vaccines have been administered in the district so far.

Pimpri Chinchwad areas lead district in precaution jab count

Pune: The PCMC areas are faring better compared to those in Pune civic limits and rural areas on the precaution dose front.

Over 14,000 elderly beneficiaries (out of 44,000 expected) have taken the third shot so far in the PCMC areas. In the Pune civic limits, merely 4,407 beneficiaries have received their third shot. In the rural areas, a total of 5,972 beneficiaries opted for it till now, stated the district health office data.

Pimpri Chinchwad municipal commissioner Rajesh Patil told TOI, “The number of elderly beneficiaries would have been better if we had known their facts and figures. The beneficiaries are scattered now as they can take their jabs in other parts of the district or the state. We are lacking the focused attempt. To streamline this, we are bringing housing societies on board with us.”

Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant director, health services, Pune circle, said the lack of intensity of the third wave resulted in less response to the drive in the past few days. Even the comorbid senior citizens were not turning up at the sites.