Maharashtra govt seeks 3 crore more vaccines for 10 high-risk districts

CM Uddhav Thackeray on Friday asked the Centre to rush 3 crore additional Vaccines to the state to carry out full vaccination in 10 high-incidence districts on priority.

Thackeray said these districts — Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Raigad, Palghar, Ahmednagar and Solapur — have a high rate of infection and are continuing to keep the Covid graph high.

These districts have 2.06 crore adults and 87.9 lakh have been vaccinated so far. If additional three crore doses are given, the state will complete vaccination here, said Thackeray.