Amid the onset of the third wave of COVID-19, the Maharashtra government is working on making double vaccination mandatory for accessing a range of services.
The state government has taken this decision in order to boost vaccination numbers in the wake of rising coronavirus and Omicron cases.
Boosting the inoculation drive, Health Minister Rajesh Tope while speaking to the media after the meeting of the state cabinet, said: “Vaccination is a national programme, and no one should create hurdles in it as it goes against the national interest.”
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As per accounts, Maharashtra reported 46,723 cases and 32 deaths on Wednesday, January 12. Of the total, Mumbai accounted for 16,420 of these cases and seven fatalities.
Meanwhile, 86 patients were detected with the Omicron variant of the total number of cases recorded in the state. Of which 53 were from Pune city, 21 from Mumbai, six from Pimpri-Chinchwad, three from Satara, two from Nashik, and one from Pune rural. Till date, a total of 1,367 patients infected with the Omicron variant have been reported and of these, 734 have been discharged following a negative RT-PCR test.
Moreover, owing to the spike, Tope remarked that there may not be any relaxations in the restrictions for at least the middle of the next month, that is February.
As far as Mumbai local trains are concerned, double vaccination is already mandatory for all passengers commuting as well as attending work in government and private office offices. Whereas, in Pune it is mandatory to get double vaccination certificate to enter malls and shopping complexes.
Similarly, the state government will make these services accessible for only those who are fully vaccinated across Maharashtra.
Previously, reports were doing rounds on how nearly 98 lakh people in Maharashtra are yet to take even the first jab.
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