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Officials expect Pune circle’s vaccine order to be filled with Covishield jabs
PUNE A total of 1,753,200 doses of the Covid vaccine are needed by the Pune circle to vaccinate its residents, as per information with the state health department
PUNE A total of 1,753,200 doses of the Covid vaccine are needed by the Pune circle to vaccinate its residents, as per information with the state health department.
Of this, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has ordered 350,000 doses, and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has ordered 100,000 doses of the vaccines.
Dr Sanjog Kadam, deputy director, Health Services, Pune Circle, said, “In this new batch of vaccines, PMC and PCMC will not get Covaxin but they will get Covishield. There is no shortage of vaccines.”
The state government is expected to approve the order by March 11.
“With 1,722,200 doses of Covishield, 31,000 doses of Covaxin have also been ordered. However, there is no procurement of Covaxin for PMC and PCMC, as most centres give Covishield. The state government will supply us. Vaccines will be supplied in batches. And we are expecting the first lot by March 11,” said Dr Kadam.
“We have received stocks with different amounts of doses since January 13. With greater demand, there is less wastage. Moreover, earlier there were 20 vials in one package. Now there are only 10, which has further reduced the wastage,” noted Dr Kadam.
Talking about the needs of Pune city, Dr Ashish Bharti, chief of PMC’s health department said that the department has demanded a total of 350,000 doses of vaccines.
“We will be getting 90,000 vaccines in the next two days. This should be sufficient for the coming 10 days. The doses of vaccines come to us in small batches. Our total demand will be met in the coming week. There is no shortage of vaccines in the city limits,” said Dr Bharti.
