BHOPAL: Half of state capital’s vaccine eligible population is now fully inoculated. The news is music to the ears for many including medical experts who are calling for picking up the pace of second dose administration.
After the September 17 record spurge in vaccination, number of jabs administered remained low for the third consecutive day in Bhopal on Wednesday. Some 17,195 doses of the vaccine were administrated in Bhopal at around 260 vaccination sites that remained operational, according to government data.
Around 19.5 lakh people are yet to be vaccinated while 9,39,953 are fully inoculated. However, the number of eligible for second dose of vaccine is still hight at 3 lakh. At the current pace, it would take significant effort to get them the second dose.
“There might be a lot of travel and migration during festive season but they must get vaccinated,” said an expert.
