PUNE: The district is likely to get 20 lakh doses of Covid vaccines this month.
The district has received the first allotment of 1.3 lakh Covishield doses and 9,920 Covaxin doses for the month. Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant director (medical), Pune circle, told TOI, “We are sure if the state gets its share (of 2 crore doses), Pune district will get 20 lakh doses of Covishield and Covaxin, its highest allocation so far.”
Sanjay Patil, chairman, Hospital Board of India of the Indian Medical Association , said the higher allocation would affect the paid drive. On Thursday, around 52,696 beneficiaries were vaccinated across the district.
