Pune’s vaccination in first 13 days of September highest across Maharashtra

PUNE: Maharashtra’s maximum vaccinations against Covid-19 during the first 13 days of September were conducted in Pune district due to robust supply and improved vaccination infrastructure, a public health department report has shown. The district delivered an average of 61,968 vaccine doses daily during the period, as against 61,666 in Mumbai.
Overall, the highest number of jabs have been administered in Mumbai followed by Pune in Maharashtra, the report showed.
Health department officials said the number of vaccines administered at some centres crossed 3,000 during the mega-vaccination drives in the last few days in Pune.

Dr Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant director (medical), Pune circle, told TOI, “Vaccination infrastructure is robust at the civic body level as well as rural level in the district. We have also augmented vaccination infrastructure at the rural level, which has helped push up vaccination numbers. Similar measures have been taken in the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal areas, where apart from large government hospitals, sessions are now being conducted at urban primary health centres (UPHC) and urban community health centres (UCHC). All government health facilities in the district now have Covid vaccination centres (CVCs).”
The district also has a good network of cold-chain points, with over 350 such points. “Vaccines can be stored at these centres, which are in close proximity to all the CVCs. Thus, the doses can be delivered without any hiccups. Plans are also in place to push the number of CVCs to 1,000 from the existing 800 government vaccination centres currently operational in Pune district. This will further increase daily vaccination numbers,” he said.
He said the biggest factor has been a rise in vaccine supplies in September, which helped Pune administer 1-lakh-plus doses on at least seven days since September 1.