PUNE: The health services department has asked the Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, and Pune rural officials to focus on completion of the second dose of Covid-19 vaccination for beneficiaries.
Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant director (medical), Pune circle, said it has been suggested that 70% of the available doses of Covishield and Covaxin be allotted for the beneficiaries awaiting their second dose, and 30% to those requiring the first dose.
“The state has already achieved vaccination of over 1 crore people with both the doses, and the focus is clearly on the completion of the second dose of the beneficiaries. We have been told by the state authorities that the supply of vaccine will be streamlined in August for the civic-run facilities as well as private hospitals,” he said.
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) immunisation officer, Suryakant Devkar, told TOI, “We will follow the instructions from Wednesday onwards. We will reserve 60% doses for the second dose beneficiaries, while 40% will be for first dose recipients.”
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) commissioner, Rajesh Patil, said that they will follow the suggestion after they receive the next vaccine lot.
“We are aware of the rising number of second dose beneficiaries and we will make sure that more doses are reserved for them,” he said, adding that the inconsistent vaccine supply has posed a major challenge in conducting regular as well as special vaccination drives.
The Pune district has registered inoculation of 14.63 lakh people with both the doses, as against 45 lakh who have been given the first dose till July 26.
Meanwhile, as per the CoWIN data on Tuesday evening, the district registered vaccination of 56,265 beneficiaries.
Regarding Wednesday’s schedule, the PCMC officials said that 62 civic-run centres will conduct Covishield drive, while two centres will conduct Covaxin drive.
PMC officials said that they have run out of Covishield doses and only the Covaxin drive will be conducted on Wednesday across six centres. “We will also conduct a special drive for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) aspirants at Kamla Nehru hospital on Wednesday,” said a PMC official.
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