Vaccination to resume today, more doses allotted to dist

Nagpur: After remaining affected on Sunday, Covid-19 vaccination will resume in the city but with limited slots on Monday. Apart from the stock received on Saturday, the district has been allotted more doses by state government on Sunday.
Despite having received 27,000 doses of Covishield on Saturday and sufficient Covaxin doses in stock, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) did not conduct inoculation at its 153 centres across the city on Sunday.
Vaccination has not happened on 20 of the last 33 days in the city since resumption of inoculation for 18-44 age group.
NMC additional municipal commissioner Ram Joshi urged people not to crowd centres as “only 100 slots will be available for 18-44 age group at Covishield centres on Monday because of low supply from the government”.
There will be no such limit for 45-plus people. Covaxin doses will continue at five centres.
On Sunday, 1,956 people took the jab at 17 private centres. Considering the cumulative and latest data, very less number of people are taking the jab in private centres as compared to NMC centres despite irregular availability of doses at the latter. If sufficient doses are available, around 30,000 people are taking the jab in a day at NMC centres.
As per NMC’s data, 12,36,232 doses were administered in the city as on Saturday. Of total doses, 11,45,771 (92.68%) were administered in NMCs centres and remaining 90,461 (7.32%) in private centres.
The demand for vaccination has increased manifold since resumption of inoculation for 18-44 age group on June 23. Since then, the supply at NMC centres has been irregular. All three vaccines — Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V — are available in private centres since May 31.
In rural areas, 7,515 people took the jab on Sunday. Thus, 9,471 people were benefitted in the district on Sunday.
The government has allotted fresh stock of 81,000 doses of Covishield for the district on Sunday. The doses are expected to arrive on Monday. This will help in continuation of vaccination on Tuesday in the city.