State health minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday requested 3 crore doses of vaccine for the state in a video conference with the Union health minister, Mansukh Mandaviya.

The state health minister said, “I have requested the Centre to grant us more doses. The Union minister has taken a note of it. If the Centre grants us enough doses, we should be able to complete the vaccination of all the adults in the state in the next two months,”.

About 6 crores of residents have been administered Covid-19 vaccine doses in Maharashtra so far. Of these, about 1.62 crore residents have received both the doses.

Tope said intensifying the vaccination drive was the main strategy in Maharashtra because it was among the states having the highest number of active cases. He stressed on vaccinating as many people as possible, before the upcoming festivities.

The state cabinet discussed the unique vaccination drive strategy in Pune, where the local bodies were tying up with industries to get vaccines under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds. The state government told all the districts to follow the same plan to speed up the vaccination drive.