pune the second dose of the covid vaccine can be taken at the same site as the first without prior appointment health officials have said adding that beneficiaries will be automatically given a scheduled appointment for the followup shot at the same centre this automated system is effective there will be no need to book an appointment for the second dose again said state immunisation officer dn patil also if the beneficiary is in another city at the time of the second dose shehe can get the shot at the nearest site in that city after showing the beneficiary id and phone number but health officials said it is advisable to go to the same centre as it limits confusion those who have received covaxin should ideally ensure they go to the same site as the vaccine is not as widely available as covishield said sanjay deshmukh assistant director medical pune circle he said every centre is supposed to make separate slots for those receiving their first dose second dose and walkin registrations a slot for every 100 beneficiaries covers 50 registered beneficiaries 30 spotregistrations and 20 seconddose beneficiaries these numbers can be changed according to the availability of doses and the number of sessions planned by the district administration deshmukh said a beneficiary also has the option to pick the timeline for the second dose between the 29th and 42nd day after the first jab central health officials said this option is available on two conditions the first dose has to be administered and if so its only for centres where the vaccine type is the same as the first dose an official said last week the states vaccination coverage till saturday touched a total of 1744 lakh beneficiaries including citizens and health and frontline workers state officials said they are now preparing to increase the number of vaccination sites to 2000 from the current 1127