Pune: Pune Municipal Corporation has increased its second jab quota to 90% due to slow response to first dose vaccination. COVID-19.
Now, 90 doses out of 100 doses will be reserved for the second dose beneficiaries at each designated free vaccination site. Earlier the second dose quota was 60 per cent.
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Chief Immunization Officer, Suryakant Deokar told TOI, “We are focusing our attention on the beneficiaries waiting for their second dose. This month alone over seven lakh beneficiaries from the Pune citizen limit will be eligible and more will be included in the list in December.
According to Deokar, there has been a significant slowdown in the response to daily vaccinations in the last few days. With the festive season underway, the officials are all set for another dip.
The civic official said that they have achieved 100% first dose vaccination in terms of target figures, but still some areas in urban areas are likely to remain unconnected due to temporary populations. “We have asked our ward officers to identify and sensitize citizens in such areas,” Deokar said.
Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant director of state public health services, said the next target for him was for Pune district to achieve 70% double immunization by the end of November, which is currently around 54%, and 100% first dose immunization. Which was now about 95 percent.
Now, 90 doses out of 100 doses will be reserved for the second dose beneficiaries at each designated free vaccination site. Earlier the second dose quota was 60 per cent.
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Chief Immunization Officer, Suryakant Deokar told TOI, “We are focusing our attention on the beneficiaries waiting for their second dose. This month alone over seven lakh beneficiaries from the Pune citizen limit will be eligible and more will be included in the list in December.
According to Deokar, there has been a significant slowdown in the response to daily vaccinations in the last few days. With the festive season underway, the officials are all set for another dip.
The civic official said that they have achieved 100% first dose vaccination in terms of target figures, but still some areas in urban areas are likely to remain unconnected due to temporary populations. “We have asked our ward officers to identify and sensitize citizens in such areas,” Deokar said.
Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant director of state public health services, said the next target for him was for Pune district to achieve 70% double immunization by the end of November, which is currently around 54%, and 100% first dose immunization. Which was now about 95 percent.
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