KALYAN: In a strange case, a youth turned up at a public vaccination centre in Dombivli on Thursday to allegedly take his second Covid-19 shot, but ran away before he could be inoculated.
After registering for the vaccine, the youth, identified as Rishikesh More, told the officials at the centre set up at Nehru Garden in Dombivli (E) that he wanted to use the washroom, but later fled.
A video of the security guards and health staff workers trying to stop the man has gone viral on social media.
The team alerted senior health officials who have decided to trace More and counsel him about getting the second shot. Dr Ganesh Dohiphode, in-charge of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation’s vaccination programme, said, “We have instructed our health staff to trace the youth and give him the second dose of Covid vaccine.”
Second shot coverage is emerging as a spot of concern, with the number of people who have not taken their second jab after completing the prescribed interval between two doses, crossing a crore in Maharashtra. The state has so far administered a single shot to 87% of its eligible population but the full vaccination coverage is around 55%. In Mumbai, over seven lakh people haven’t taken the second shot, while the corresponding number in the Kalyan-Dombivli area is 31,000.
After registering for the vaccine, the youth, identified as Rishikesh More, told the officials at the centre set up at Nehru Garden in Dombivli (E) that he wanted to use the washroom, but later fled.
A video of the security guards and health staff workers trying to stop the man has gone viral on social media.
The team alerted senior health officials who have decided to trace More and counsel him about getting the second shot. Dr Ganesh Dohiphode, in-charge of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation’s vaccination programme, said, “We have instructed our health staff to trace the youth and give him the second dose of Covid vaccine.”
Second shot coverage is emerging as a spot of concern, with the number of people who have not taken their second jab after completing the prescribed interval between two doses, crossing a crore in Maharashtra. The state has so far administered a single shot to 87% of its eligible population but the full vaccination coverage is around 55%. In Mumbai, over seven lakh people haven’t taken the second shot, while the corresponding number in the Kalyan-Dombivli area is 31,000.
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