Worry over long queues at vaccination sites in Pune

PUNE: Pune Zilla Parishad (ZP) health officials have expressed concern over growing queues of citizens at vaccination centres in rural Pune.
The danger was flagged by activists and doctors working at the centres during video conferencing recently.
The new vaccination phase, covering people in the age group of 18 to 44 years, was launched on May 1. The ZP has opened 14 vaccination sites for this age group across the district. These centres are mainly at tehsil and bazaar towns.
District immunisation officer Dr Sachin Ekde told TOI on Monday, “The crowding occurs at vaccination centres mainly due to walk-in registration by citizens above the age of 45 years.”
Some tehsil administrations have chalked out crowd management plan. Dr BB Gadve, tehsil health officer, Khed, said, “We have roped in two staffers to manage the crowd and check registrations on CoWIN app.”
The shortage of vaccine is one of the main reasons for this situation, said an official. Edke, said, “The ZP has already demanded more doses of vaccines, which are likely to come in the next two day.”