Swab collection at a booth in Girgaum Chowpatty on Friday
MUMBAI/PUNE: Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that Maharashtra will begin the Covid-19 vaccination campaign for the 18-44 age-group from Saturday, May 1, on the occasion of Maharashtra Day.
The state on Friday distributed 3 lakh Covishield doses to districts for starting vaccination of this age-group from Saturday. Mumbai, Pune and Thane have each got the largest share of 20,000 doses. Other districts were given anywhere between 3,000 and 10,000 doses each.
Districts like Hingoli, Wardha, Bhandara, Washim and Sindhudurg received 5,000 doses each on Friday for this group of beneficiaries.
Thackeray said the state was starting with very limited doses and appealed to beneficiaries to not crowd the centres as vaccinations will be conducted only on the basis of registrations as per availability of stocks.