Dist gets 50,000 doses for second jab of 45+ group

Nagpur: The district received 50,000 doses and these were equally distributed among the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and rural areas. The doses would be exclusively given to 45+ category beneficiaries whose second dose is due at all the 96 centres of NMC.
The district achieved inoculation of 22,591, indicating half of the new stock was already utilized.
Additional municipal commissioner Ram Joshi said NMC has sufficient stock to last till Saturday. “250 doses have been given to each centre. Average inoculation of each of these centres is 100 to 150 per day. Centres running two shifts have been given 500 doses each so they can work for two days. If any one runs out of vaccines, they will be given additional doses,” he said.
At several centres, large turnouts are being witnessed in the district as well as other parts of the divison. The division recorded 43,741 innoculations. Long queues of anxious elderly and 45+ category beneficiaries were seen at Wardha, Chandrapur and Bhandara. Many 18 to 44 year beneficiary are still flocking the centres in the hope of getting jabbed early.
Meanwhile, Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari appealed to all marriage hall owners to make their facilities available for mass vaccination drive. On Thursday, citizens complained to NMC regarding inconvenience at its Zingabai Takli UPHC during inoculation drive. The NMC requested Pandurang Mangal Karyalaya owner Sachin Raut to open his marriage hall for vaccination. Raut immediately obliged and helped the NMC health staff to rapidly inoculate all the 45+ category beneficiaries who had turned up at the UPHC.
In another development, BJP MLC Pravin Datke and NMC ruling party leader Avinash Thakre, in a press conference, demanded that the Uddhav Thackeary-led government allowed the civic body to initiate purchase of vaccines. Datke said the chief minister has permitted BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation to float global tenders for purchase of vaccines. The Nagpur mayor had written to the CM on May 6 seeking the purchase nod but the CM had been dillydallying on the issue, Datke alleged.