PUNE: The district administration has revised the deadline to achieve 100% first dose vaccination in Pune to December 15, after the Union government extended the “Har Ghar Dastak” campaign for one more month.
The earlier deadline for achieving it was November 30. But it could not be met owing to the slow vaccine uptake.
A total of 63,414 residents took the Covid shots in the Pune district on Wednesday (December 1). With this, the total number of doses administered in the district went up to over 1.32 crore.
The district, having an 83.42 lakh eligible (above 18 years) population, has recorded 97.5% coverage with the first dose and 62% coverage with both the doses so far. A total of 81.64 lakh people have received the first dose. Of them, 51.19 lakh have received both the doses of Covid vaccines, an official said.
The Union government announced the launch of door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination campaign “Har Ghar Dastak” on November 3 to ramp up the first dose inoculation as well as administer the second dose to the beneficiaries, who were yet to receive it. Initially, it was a month-long campaign.
