Pune: Pune Circle Health Service Department has searched for more dedicated sites to offer Covaxin Jab in the Pune Metropolitan area (PMR).
According to Sanjay Deshmukh, Assistant Director (Medical), Pune Circle, this region only has a special covaxin site at the Aundh District Hospital today.
“We need a covaxin site that is more dedicated to avoid confusion between beneficiaries and accelerate the vaccination process.
In general, depending on the stock, the vaccination center is changed at the civilian limit.
Special sites will be useful for beneficiaries to vaccinate,” he said.
Sanjay Patil, Chairperson, the IMA Hospital Board in India, also said that the number of vaccination centers that offer covaxin changes from only two to twenty.
If the civil body can provide centers across the important PMR points, it can really be proven to be useful for vaccination drives and beneficiaries, patil said.
A PMC official said that they tried to keep six vaccination sites at this time stable.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, according to data from the Cowin platform, around 28,708 beneficiaries vaccinated in 75 government locations and 70 personal sites in this district.
Covishield runs out of stock for PMC, PCMC, only the Covaxin drive will be held on Monday PMC and PCMC has run out of covishield doses so that only Covaxin’s shot will be given on Monday crossing the Civic vaccination center.
PMC has allocated six vaccination sites, while PCMC has set around 16 centers for doses.
Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant director (medical), said that the administration expects new stock on Monday or Tuesday.
More covaxin sites are needed throughout PMR
