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..