AURANGABAD: The local civic body has announced only three vaccination sites — Kranti Chowk, Raj Nagar and MIT Hospital — for Monday with a centre slated to give 200 doses.
Only limited doses of Covaxin will be administered within municipal limits of Aurangabad on Monday, while there is no stock of Covishield.
After progressing with a sluggish speed for the major portion of time in the recent past, the immunization programme, hit by a shortage of vaccines, witnessed 6,172 vaccinations on July 3 by virtue of the fresh supply.
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), however, has run out of stock again after the earlier stock was exhausted.
The health authorities said the recent expansion of vaccination drive by incorporating citizens aged 18 years and above, has increased the demand for vaccines. “We are giving maximum possible doses on a single day as and when the stock of vaccine arrives. The available stock is not used in a staggered manner like in the past to carry out mass vaccination as quick as possible,” said authorities concerned, preferring anonymity.
While vaccination witnessed a halt on Sunday as it was a holiday, the total number of vaccinations in Aurangabad city has reached 4,65,976 by Sunday. It included 1,29,259 beneficiaries between the age of 18 and 44 years, who have received the first dose of the vaccine, as per the official data.
Aurangabad district reported 25 fresh cases of Covid, including 14 cases from the rural areas, on Sunday. The district also witnessed three deaths due to the infection, taking the total number of causalities to 3,440, shows the official data.
