Citizens seek jab-at-home arrangement in Pune

PUNE: Days before the third phase of the programme opens up on May 1, citizen groups have written to the state government demanding ‘home vaccination’.
Activists have drafted a letter to the chief minister and health minister, raising their demands. Ravindra Sinha, an activist, said that while the state is opening up vaccination for a younger age group, they should focus on areas where cases are high, people with comorbidities and organise vaccination programmes at large societies.
Politicians too are demanding that vaccination should be carried out at housing societies. “The vaccination can be carried out on the lines of polling booths. Many big housing societies had set up polling stations. A similar process can be followed for vaccination,” said Medha Kulkarni, former MLA of Kothrud.