The case of a new variant of the coronavirus, Omicron, has also been confirmed in the country. Omicron cases have also been found in Maharashtra. While on the one hand it is being said that the effect of Omicron is expected to be very less on those who have received both the doses of vaccination, on the other hand the statistics of vaccination in Maharashtra raise concern. According to the current data, 44% of the people above the age of 45 in Maharashtra have not yet taken the second dose. Vaccination has been started for people above 45 years of age in the country from the month of April this year, but still 15% of those above 45 years of age in Maharashtra have not taken a single dose of Vaccine.
Amidst the threat of Omicron, many elderly people are reaching the vaccination centers of Maharashtra to take the first or the second dose of the missed vaccine. In the last 6 days, 5,55,424 people above 45 years have taken the first dose of the vaccine, while 8,70,116 have taken the second dose.
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Maharashtra has 9.14 crore people eligible for the vaccine, out of which 3.51 crore people are above 45 years of age. 52,72,880 people above the age of 45 years have not been vaccinated so far, that is, about 15% have not yet taken the vaccine, while 44% have a second dose.
According to health department data, at least 1.55 crore people above the age of 18 years have not taken the first dose in Maharashtra. In such a situation, prevention from corona can be a big concern.
On the other hand, Vijay Suryavanshi, head of Kalyan Dombivli Municipality, told on Monday that 295 people had recently returned to Maharashtra from abroad, but out of these, 109 people could not be traced. Their phones are coming off, while many people have been found locked at the given address. Now the concern remains that if one of them turns out to be corona positive or someone gets omicron, then how many people can it spread and it will be even more difficult to trace them.
