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MUMBAI: The vaccination drive for the youngest group of beneficiaries, the 18-45 age bracket, continued for the second day on Sunday, with 2,427 people getting Covishield shots at five centres in the city.
Despite a stockout of the free and highly subsidised vaccines given to the 45-plus age group through a central government programme, the youngsters will get the jabs through the state government’s specially purchased stock of three lakh doses of the Covishield vaccine. “We will continue with the drive for this age group on Tuesday,” additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani said.
The city received 20,000 of the state-procured three lakh doses from Serum Institute of India in Pune. With roughly 2,500 doses to be given out every day, the stock should be sufficient for another five to six days in the city, said BMC officials.