Pune: Deputy Chief of Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday told administration to increase Covid testing and vaccination in rural areas that have reported a 4.8% weekly leading level (WPR) which opposed the average of 4.01%.
The weekly front level in the fields under Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad Civic bodies are 3.2% and 3.4% respectively.
Expressing concerns over people, especially in rural areas, letting their guard down, pawar urged residents to follow the Covid protocol and did not place the government in a position where he had to close everything in front of the third wave of possible pandemics.
“It has been noted that people in rural areas become loose in terms of the following covid protocols and distance physically and obey the norms of facial masks.
They assume that Covid ends and this has caused an increase in infection.
I have been told that the administration will increase testing this week And the focus will return to vaccination, “he told the media.
The rural part of the district has recently achieved a vaccination achievement of 1.94 lakh in a day and administration has been directed to improve inoculation programs with more future doses.
“Aramati, Indapur, Ambegaon, Shirur, and Junnar Talukas have registered high and administrative publications will focus on this talukas,” he said.
While the first initiative to bind with local administration that binded with the industry saw a large response on Wednesday, he said the drive as it could produce good results in the future.
“More like that bond must be done,” he added.
District to date has registered 82 Lakh vaccinations.
In preparation for the possible third wave, he said the district is ready with infrastructure and funds provided so that both Jumbo hospitals do not have to be closed.
Pune Collector Rajesh Deshmukh said they had intensified testing in this talucas and had intensified supervisory activities by identifying hotspot areas and testing.
CEO of Zilla Parishad Ayush Prasad said they had identified 91 villages as “hotspot villages” as in 1.
Villages with more than 10 active cases were declared “hotspots”.