PUNE: As many as 617 students were vaccinated with either the first or the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine across six colleges in the Pune civic limits on Monday.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s chief immunisation officer, Suryakant Deokar, said the vaccination drive being held under “Mission Yuva Swasthya” would be conducted across different colleges, willing to participate in it till November 2. He said on Monday the drive was held at W G Kaveri College, Shree Jaikranti College, Modern College, Desai College, Abeda Inamdar College and Sinhgad colleges in the civic limits.
Deokar said, “We shall expand the campaign to other colleges. If the colleges where the drive was held earlier want further extension, it would be done. For Tuesday, we have around 8-10 colleges lined up for the vaccination drive.”
He said Covaxin was being preferred for the beneficiaries getting the first dose because of its earlier second dose deadline.
Experts recommended giving more attention to the completion of the second dose with the vaccination reaching almost the peak point for the first dose beneficiaries. The district has vaccinated almost 50% of its beneficiaries with the second dose.
