Plan is to target every village in Pune to ensure 2nd dose of Covid vaccine administered
As per information shared by the office of Pune district health officer, 64% of the eligible population in the district has received the second dose. To boost it further, health officials are now going to focus on the village level and prepare a plan accordingly
PUNE The performance of four tehsils where the percentage of second-dose beneficiaries is below 50%, has slightly improved in a week. However, in Indapur Tehsil the percentage of second-dose beneficiaries is lowest in the district, at 44%. As per information shared by the office of Pune district health officer (DHO), 64% of the eligible population in the district has received the second dose. To boost it further, health officials are now going to focus on the village level and prepare a plan accordingly.
Last week, the four tehsils, Baramati, Daund, Indapur and Bhor, had the lower percentage of second- dose beneficiaries, below 50%. As per the numbers till December 14, this percentage has slightly increased. Now the second-dose beneficiaries of the eligible population in Baramati has increased by 5% to 56%, in Bhor by 5% to 50%, in Daund by 5% to 52% and in Indapur by 4% to 44%.
Health officials from the district administration said that now a village wise plan would be created to boost vaccination. “I am conducting a meeting with all block development officers (BDOs), tehsildar and other officials with regard to boosting vaccination percentages. We are going to ask them to prepare a plan for every village so that targeted and focused efforts can be made in the areas where the percentage is low,” said Dr Bhagwan Pawar, district health officer, Pune.
As on December 16, there were 1,329,680 eligible beneficiaries due for the second dose in Pune district. Of this number, 553,109 are from rural parts and 776,571 are from limits of Pune Municipal Corporation and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
“We had conducted major vaccination drives in the months of August and September in which more than 100,000 doses were administered daily. So as per the vaccination norms after 84 days we are witnessing the rise in the number of people due for second dose,” said Dr Bhagwan Pawar.
A total of 26,898 frontline workers and 4,975 healthcare workers in the district are also due for a second dose. Earlier, Pune Zilla Parishad CEO Ayush Prasad had said that a five-step plan would be implemented to encourage the second dose beneficiaries to get the jab.