Complete vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers inMaharashtraagainst Covid still hovers around 90% despite the state striving to further speed up inoculation following the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the contagion.<\/p>\n
The states target was to vaccinate all adult beneficiaries with the first dose and those who had skipped the second shot by December 31. However, Maharashtra is yet to vaccinate 100% beneficiaries in the healthcare and frontline worker categories, with whom the inoculation programme had started.<\/p>\n
There are definitely some issues with the data. We have been told that many frontline workers might have taken the vaccine in the general 18-44-year category. The data need to be assessed and the list drawn out to arrive at the final figures before the end of December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"