PUNE: The district Wednesday obtained around 72,000 Covishield along with 12,000 Covaxin doses — a inventory officials said could last as much as weekly.
The previous vaccine resupply into the area had been on May 28, when 20,000 Covishield along with 6,200 Covaxin doses obtained.
In the Covishield inventory obtained on Wednesday (72,000 dosages ), Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant manager (medical) Pune team, stated rural Pune was awarded 34,000, the PMC 24,000 along with also the PCMC, 14,000 concentrations.
In the Covaxin inventory of 12,000 doses, 5,500 are put aside for rural Pune, 3,500 for both PMC and 2,000 for its PCMC.
“These dosages have come in the Centre for its 45-plus group.
We are focusing on second-dose government as provide is to be more streamlined to the other age categories,” Deshmukh said.
Pune district, that has been vaccinating as many as 1 lakh individuals every day, is currently covering about 25,000 everyday because of shortages.
Deshmukh said that the district may also shortly start near-to-home pushes for bedridden beneficiaries.
PMC added commissioner Rubal Agarwal explained two home societies are taking out these forces.
She included that the PMC is enthusiastic about expanding these forces together with drive-in sessions.