Thane: Thane District has the highest number of people who are not vaccinated in Maharashtra with more than 21 lakh people have not got their first shot against Covid-19.
Ten months into vaccination, the country still has 2.52 crore people who have not taken their first jab.
About 73% of Maharashtra 9.14 Crore’s adult population has taken at least one shot so far.
While a third of the country’s eligible population is now fully vaccinated.
The country on Tuesday finished giving both shots to 3 crore people.
The state government data shows that nine of 36 districts have more than 10 lakh people who are not vaccinated.
Thane is the only district where more than 20 lakh is not vaccinated.
The following more than Thane is Nashik where the people of Lakh 18.25 are waiting for their first dose.
The remaining districts where more than 10 lakh people have not taken one shot is Aurangabad (17.33 lakh), Jalgaon (13.52 lakh), Nanded (13.02 lakh), solapur (12.35 lakh), Ahmednagar (11 , 71 lakh), Yavatmal (10.46 lakh)), Amravati (10.43 lakh) and Beed (10.39 lakh).
Mumbai has less than 2 lakh people who are not vaccinated.
Thane collector Rajesh Narvestar said the composition of the district population proposed a unique challenge.
In districts with 1.1 crore people, there are six companies that include urban, countryside and tribal communities.
While the intelligent and vibrant urban population immediately received vaccinations, there was resistance from rural communities and tribes.
“Tribal villages in Shahpur, for example, have rejected modern drugs, so we have to give them time to receive vaccination,” the collector said.
He said the scene would change so the rice harvest season was finished.
“We are optimistic about discussing the entire population with at least one dose in December,” said Dr.
Sachin Desai, state immunization officer.