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Covid-19: 8 pc of Maharashtra's adult population yet to take 1st dose of vaccine
Updated On: 11 June, 2022 07:59 AM IST | Mumbai | Suraj Pandey
Pace of first-dose vaccination slowed down significantly over the past two months with only 4 lakh people taking it, officials say they cannot force people to take it
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A college student gets a dose of vaccine at Wadia Hospital in Thane West on Friday. Pic/Sameer Markande
Around 8 per cent of the adult population in Maharashtra or 70 lakh citizens are yet to take the first dose of vaccine against COVID-19. The pace has been especially slow since the past two months with only 0.45 per cent of the total beneficiaries taking their first dose during the period.
Health officials said they are trying to reach out to these people, but added that if they do not want to get vaccinated, they cannot force the citizens..
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