PUNE: The Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad civic bodies are focussing on special drives after receiving one lakh Covishield doses each through corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds of the Bajaj group.
The civic body plans to vaccinate physically challenged citizens, construction site workers and slum residents during the special drives. Focus will be on transgenders, industrial workers, foreign- bound students, bed-ridden citizens, and others, said officials.
Rajesh Patil, commissioner, Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), told TOI, “The doses that we have received will come in handy while conducting special drives.”“Currently, the PCMC has over 65% vaccination rate for first dose beneficiaries, which we want to take up to at least 85% in the coming days. The second dose beneficiary rate in the PCMC is around 45%, which, too, will receive much necessary boost to at least 55%,” he added.
Meanwhile, consistent supply of doses resulted in another above-average vaccination day for the district, as over 88,000 beneficiaries were vaccinated on Wednesday across over 700 vaccination sites.
