Pune: Complete vaccination of health workers and frontline in Maharashtra against Covid is still floating around 90% even though the state is trying to accelerate inoculation after the emergence of new transmission variants.
The target of the state is to vaccinate all recipients of adult benefits with the first dose and those who have missed a second shot on December 31.
However, Maharashtra has not yet vaccinated the 100% beneficiary in the category of health and frontline workers, with whom the inoculation program has begun.
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Maharashtra on Tuesday crossed a dose of 120 million vaccine (crore) -covid.
Official records until December 5 (Sunday) revealed that 4.37 crore people have so far received both covid vaccine doses.
A total of 17 districts continue to be lagging behind in terms of vaccinating health workers.
In the frontline worker category, 19 districts are behind the country’s average.
The lowest complete vaccination among health workers has been registered in Jalna (79.4%), followed by Aurangabad (82.5%) and Sindhudurg (82.9%).
In the frontline worker category, the lowest vaccination has been registered in Gondia (79.6%), followed by Jalna (82.1%) and Osmanabad (83.1%).
A senior government official associates the trend for the possibility of many frontline workers taking second dose in the general category.
For health workers, he said, there will be a wise assessment of the district on the possibility of delay.
“It’s been 10 months since vaccination begins.
There is no possibility that other reasons besides vaccine doubts.
It needs to be assessed in all districts.
All health workers and front lines must have received their second dose now,” said the official.
A senior health official said, ” There are definitely some problems with data.
We have been told that many frontline workers may have taken vaccines in the 18-44 year category generally.
The data needs to be assessed and the list is pulled out to arrive at the last number before the end of December.
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