NASHIK: The Ahmednagar and Dhule districts of Nashik circle have received fresh stock of Covaxin doses of vaccine for vaccination of children aged 15-18 years, the deputy director of Nashik circle, Dr PD Gandal said.
The stock of vaccine doses was about to be exhausted in Ahmednagar and Dhule districts. “We had placed the requisition of stocks for the all districts of the circle – with priority for Dhule and Ahmednagar considering their consumption and availability. Accordingly, Ahmednagar received 80,500 vaccine doses while Dhule district received 34,680 vaccine doses,” Gandal said.
The districts were falling short of vaccine doses after the vaccination programme for the children was rolled out by the Government of India.
Though vaccination has not been affected so far due to shortage, the health authorities are focusing on continuous supply of momentum and achievement of 100% vaccination of the children at the earliest.
“The doses in Nashik, Nandurbar and Jalgaon districts are available right now but the efforts are being made to ensure they don’t fall short and hence the stock will also be made available to other three districts soon,” the officer added.
Across Nashik circle, so far 4.06 lakh children from the age group have been administered the vaccine.
In Ahmednagar district, 1.32 lakh children were administered the vaccine doses, while in Nashik, 1.29 lakh doses were administered, the officials said.
The children are being administered only covaxin vaccine and hence after 28 days, they will be eligible for the second dose.
“Our intention is to vaccinate maximum children at the earliest in due time,” the officer added.
