In 30 days, PMC vaccinates 2,213 care home residents

PUNE: Vimal Soman, 89, was visibly moved when a nurse from a civic-run hospital gave her a Covid-19 vaccine jab. Soman is a resident of an old-age home in Kothrud.
“I feel protected now,” she said, during the special drive this week.

About 50 residents of the Palash care home, where Soman has been a resident for two years, received their Covid-19 jabs during special drives supervised by the PMC’s health department.
In the last 30 days, the PMC has vaccinated a total of 2,213 elderly and people with disabilities across 38 care homes in the city. Plans are on to expand the drives.
“We plan to cover another 50 such centres in another month's time,” said PMC’s Covid immunisation chief Vaishali Jadhav.
On Wednesday, a total of 29,200 beneficiaries, including 3,460 senior citizens over the age of 60, were vaccinated across the district's three administrative segments — the PMC, PCMC and Pune rural.
Among other beneficiaries, a total of 460 healthcare workers and 1,383 frontline workers got their first and second shots on Wednesday. In the 18-44 age group, 18,913 beneficiaries got their first and second shots.
“There are no plans currently for home-to-home vaccination. But we intend to cover all citizens dependent on assisted living at old age and homes for those with disabilities in the city,” Jadhav said.
As for vaccination coverage on Thursday, citizens in PMC areas who got their first Covaxin dose on or before May 19 will be given their second dose of the vaccine at 15 PMC-run vaccination centres, civic officials said.