PUNE: Around 50,000 beneficiaries from the urban poor category in the Pimpri Chinchwad civic limits would be vaccinated against Covid-19 by March 2022 under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity.
The 3M India with United Way Bengaluru (UWBe), an NGO, and Vaccine on Wheels have vaccinated around 15,000 citizens from the twin towns in the past few weeks.
Varsha Dange, the PCMC medical officer, said, “We are confident of achieving our goal of 100% penetration with Vaccine on Wheels providing support with two mobile vans, including doctors, and 3M India sponsoring the initiative under the CSR umbrella.”
Ramesh Ramdurai, the MD of 3M India, said, “We had initially planned to target 10,000 beneficiaries, but now we have decided to extend the support to PCMC towards Mission 50,000.” A total of 53,797 jabs were administered across the district till 8 pm on Friday. The district now has administered 1.29 crore doses. (Times of India)
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