PUNE: The public health services department of the Pune circle on Wednesday said more mega vaccination drives would be organised this month in view of the festival season.
Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant director (medical), Pune circle, told TOI, “We are getting a consistent supply of vaccines this month, which has given a boost to the vaccination drive. Earlier this week, we received around 3.3 lakh Covishield and Covaxin doses. We are likely to receive a similar stock again in the next few days, which will eventually result in more mega vaccination drives, wherein over 500 government-run vaccination sites will be roped in.”
Deshmukh said by 7pm on Wednesday, around 94,000 doses were administered across Pune district. But major increase in numbers was recorded in Satara and Solapur districts in Pune circle, where over 1.85 lakh shots were administered on Wednesday.
The Pune circle of the health department comprises Pune, Satara and Solapur districts. Wednesday’s vaccination figures were the second-highest for the circle after 3.4 lakh doses administered on August 31. Pune district registered its second-highest vaccination figure of 1.85 lakh shots on Tuesday.
“Satara recorded over 1.13 lakh shots, while Solapur recorded around 73,000 doses till 7pm on Wednesday, which are the highest single-day vaccination figures for both the districts,” said Deshmukh.
He said after the back-to-back mega vaccination drives this week, the stock of Covishield and Covaxin had depleted and the fresh stock was likely to arrive on September 10.
The Pune district administered 63 lakh doses as first shots and 23 lakh doses as second shots till Wednesday.
