Updated Feb 15, 2021 | 19:07 IST
Going by the current pace of the vaccination, officials would be able to finish giving the first dose to all registered healthcare workers by March-end. Pune: First round of vaccination for HCWs to end next month
Pune: Health officials yesterday said that they will be able to complete providing the first dose of Covid vaccine to all 1.13 lakh registered healthcare staff in the city by the end of March.
Going by the current pace of the vaccination, officials would be able to finish giving the first dose to all registered healthcare workers by March-end. Ashish Bharati, chief of PMC’s health department told the Times of India, “We plan to add at least four more hospitals from Monday. We are doing our best to vaccinate a large number of healthcare workers. But we cannot force people to turn up. There are still a lot of people who are on wait-and-watch mode.”
Sex ratio at birth jumps 42 points in PMC limits; officials laud measures
Sex ratio at birth jumps 42 points in PMC limits; officials laud measures
ByVicky PathareVicky Pathare / Updated: Feb 13, 2021, 06:00 IST
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In a welcome news related to gender statistics and equality of the sexes, the
sex ratio (number of females per 1,000 males) under the jurisdiction of
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has seen a major improvement. The change in focus of awareness in the right target groups and check on abortions and thorough scrutiny of gender determining centres are said to have aided the civic body in achieving the numbers by 42 points in a single year. The sex ratio index at birth in PMC limits touched 946 in 2020 from 904 in 2019, informed civic health officials.