PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has received 5,000 new doses of the Covishield vaccine. Officials said dispatch of the fresh supply, to hospital sites, began on Wednesday.
A shortage of the vaccine had caused pace of coverage to dip across centres in Pune city. But officials said the fresh supply will help stabilise the process.
“Many due for their second dose have been affected by the shortage. Private and government-run units were all hit,” a PMC official said.
Nearly 2 lakh people have received a vaccine within PMC limits. From this tally, nearly 1.35 lakh are waiting for their second dose.
“We have started giving out the doses we got. We have also asked the state government for more,” Vaishali Jadhav, a senior health official of the PMC, said.
In Pimpri Chinchwad, PCMC commissioner Rajesh Patil said the civic body was sent nearly 10,000 doses each of Covishield and Covaxin earlier this week. Patil said there's no shortage of vaccines in the twin towns.
According to a report prepared by the district health office, nearly 63,690 healthcare, frontline workers and citizens have been administered the first shot in Pimpri Chinchwad civic limits.
Another 9,000 healthcare and frontline staffers have been given their second dose of the vaccine.