45+ age group vaccinations to resume, only for second dose
ByVicky PathareVicky Pathare / Updated: May 5, 2021, 06:00 IST
SOME IMPROVEMENT IN VAX SHORTAGE SITUATION
Days after drive opened up to 18-44 age group, depriving older citizens of their jabs, fresh stocks reached the district from the state on Tuesday; from today, designated centres will open with a fixed number of doses available across ages
After a gap of five days ever since the drive opened up to the age group of 18-44 vaccination against COVID-19 for the 45+ years age group will resume from Wednesday in
Pune district, but only for the second dose.
Glitches galore as Phase-II COVID-19 vax drive takes off
Glitches galore as Phase-II COVID-19 vax drive takes off
ByVicky PathareVicky Pathare / Updated: Mar 2, 2021, 06:00 IST
process was stuck until noon at several sites, with the
Co-Win portal experiencing problems;
private hospitals likely to be added to centres for paid services
Day one of the nationwide phase-II COVID-19 vaccination in the city was marked by mayhem with the government hospitals, where the exercise was undertaken, seeing a rush of senior citizens and those with morbidity, with long queues snaking out, while technical glitches exasperated the whole process. Even the civic bodies were seen struggling with the issues.
Updated Jan 20, 2021 | 10:48 IST
Of the around 3,000 recipients, 1,403 have been vaccinated, 1,302 did not come and 107 refused. Four people from the district developed minor AEFI to the vaccine. Covid vaccination numbers decrease in Pune on second day of drive | Photo Credit: AP
Pune: The district registered a fall in the number of recipients for Covid vaccination on Day 2 of the vaccination programme.
Of the around 3,000 recipients, 1,403 have been vaccinated, 1,302 did not come and 107 refused. Four people from Pune district developed minor AEFI to the vaccine. Pune district administration wants to vaccinate at least 100 people at each site.
The PCMC-run Jijamata Hospital could register just six recipients on Day 2. The primary health centre registered the highest number on January 18. Three session centres, Noble and Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Bharati Hospital in PMC limits were removed from the earlier list of 31 session centre
HOUSE OF VAX
The first shot in the arm
► Of 3,100 beneficiaries in Pune district, 1,802 vaccinated
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► Pune rural’s count was 908 among 1,500 beneficiaries
As the country rolled into vaccination mode to fight the pandemic, at many vaccination centres in Pune, senior-ranking healthcare workers took to leading by example, as the first recipient of the vaccine, clearly heralding the shots as the best panacea for the viral infection that paralysed the world.
At BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Dr M Tambe, the dean who presented himself first for the administration of the drug Covishield manufactured at the city’s Serum Institute of India (SII). It may be recalled that Sassoon was also one of the sites for clinical trial of the same vaccine. “Having been part of the clinical trial our healthcare workers were confident about the vaccine. Yet, to send out a message to my colleagues and the society at large, I decided to take the first shot,” he t