Nearly 9L in city have now got atleast one vax dose

Nagpur: Almost 9 lakh people from the city have now been administered at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Municipal commissioner Radhakrishnan B called it a “milestone” for Nagpur.
The civic chief said, “Around 9 lakh people have taken one dose in the city, of which around 3.64 lakh beneficiaries have also received second dose. Vaccination of 9 lakh people means over 50% of the total eligible people have been administered vaccine. It is a milestone for the city. It will help people in protecting themselves from the disease. Transmission is slow and can be prevented if many people are immune,” he said.
Radhakrishnan added, “Our target is to vaccinate 12 lakh people as soon as possible. Then, we will launch special drives to ensure second dose for all beneficiaries. We are taking special efforts to ensure second dose for people once they’re eligible,” he said.
As per Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC)’s record, 8,98,279 people took first dose in the city between January 16 and July 27. 46,535 healthcare workers took the first dose, followed by 53,452 frontline workers, 3,27,799 people from the age group of 18-44 years and 4,70,493 people from 45-plus age group.
As many as 3,64,131 people took second dose. Thus, total doses administered in the city are 12,62,410.
The civic body is facilitating Covishield vaccination at 156 centres and Covaxin at five. Vaccination is also going on at 23 private centres, of which five were non-operational temporarily on Tuesday.
Vaccination continued on Tuesday in NMC’s 161 centres. 23,353 people took the jab. In 18 private centres, 876 people took the jab. Thus, 24,229 people were administered vaccine in the city on Tuesday.
NMC additional municipal commissioner Ram Joshi said vaccination will continue on Wednesday. “Vaccination will be affected again on Thursday if the government does not supply fresh stock on Wednesday,” he added.
Joshi said, “Vaccination of bedridden people will be done on Thursday if inoculation is not continued in all centres on this day. It will be done easily as NMC received less than 50 applications.”