Pimpri, City in India

The COVID vaccination for the age group of 45 years and above will remain closed in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad on Sunday, said district administration.However, the vaccination for the age group of 18 to 44 years will continue at only selected vaccination centres with prior appointment/booking.Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday sought the help of the Central government for better implementation of the vaccination drive for people in the age group 18 to 44 years.In a letter to Prime Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister asked for a separate app developed by the states or a CoWin App for each state developed and assigned by the Union government to ensure better interface and experience for the citizens who are keen to take the vaccine shot."The vaccination drive in Maharashtra has been one of the fastest and most efficient in the country with every stock of vaccine that the Union government has kindly supplied to the state at various times in the past few months. Likewise, we plan to open up vaccination for age groups 18-44 via the states' procurement," said the Chief Minister.Several states have reported a shortage of COVID vaccines.Maharashtra reported 53,605 new COVID-19 cases and 864 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the state public health department on Saturday. With this, the case tally reached 50,53,336. As many as 82,266 patients recovered from the disease in the said period, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 43,47,592. Meanwhile, the active number of COVID cases in Maharashtra stands at 6,28,213.The new fatalities pushed the COVID death toll in Maharashtra to 75,277.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2025

Diwali 2025

Maharashtra News

Mumbai Local

Weather Update

Mumbai Rains

PimpriFOLLOW

Pimpri, Latest News

National :Six people, including 3 Nigerian nationals, test positive for Omicron in Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad

A total of six people, including three Nigerian nationals, have tested positive for the 'Omicron' variant of COVID-19 in Pimpri Chinchwad of Pune district, informed Municipal Commissioner Rajesh Patil on Monday. ...

National :Maharashtra: 7 more test positive for Omicron variant of COVID-19, taking total cases in the state to 8

Seven more people tested positive for the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Maharashtra, taking the total number of cases of the new coronavirus variant in the state to eight, informed the public health department on Sunday. ...

Maharashtra :Man fakes Governor's signature on letter of elected member Legislative Council

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's fake signature letter has gone viral on social media, citing he has elected member ... ...

Maharashtra :Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visits SII vaccine plant in Pune

Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday visited a vaccine manufacturing plant of the Serum Institute of India in Pune to review the production of vaccines. ...

National :COVID-19 vaccination for 45+ age group to remain closed in Pune today

The COVID vaccination for the age group of 45 years and above will remain closed in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad on Sunday, said district administration. No ...