With nearly 900 more jabs, NMC claims improvement in drive

Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Monday managed to increase the Covid vaccination numbers by nearly 900 through the ‘vaccination in your locality’ drive in areas with poor turnout.
The city recorded 2,528 vaccinations as compared to 1,640 a day before. NMC officials said the turnout was encouraging despite the city falling short of its daily vaccination target by 74%. The day’s target was 9,700 jabs.
As per NMC data, the turnout at most vaccination in your locality centres was pretty low. At some places, it was just 10% or below it.
NMC officials said the basis for claiming it to be ‘good response’ to the locality drive was the fact that not many are now due for their vaccination in the 45+ category. “Most of the 45+ population has been vaccinated in the city. Many of them have already taken it at rural centres to avoid rush and delays. But we don’t have any data on such beneficiaries. Those remaining are being approached through centres near their homes,” they said.
In Nagpur division, the number of inoculations has gone down to just over 15,000. Target-wise, Chandrapur with 84% is at the top while Nagpur has the most vaccinations in the day in the region at 4,322. However, Nagpur district’s overall achievement is 23%, which is the lowest among all districts in the division.