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MUMBAI: The vaccine crunch is badly hampering the drive to quickly inoculate as many citizens as possible.
On Saturday, the BMC got only 30,000 doses from the state government as against previous instalments of up to 1.8 lakh doses until a month ago.
The BMC has cancelled the vaccination drive on Sunday. A tweet from the BMC handle said: Dear Mumbaikars, there will be no vaccination at any of the centres tomorrow. Both the BMC and private centres will be closed on Sunday.
A senior BMC official said, This instalment is too small and we will be forced to go slow with the daily vaccination in the coming week as well. In the past few weeks, the highest fresh stock that the BMC has received has been 70,000 doses.
If doses not enough, won’t start vaccination for 18+ on May 1 in Mumbai: BMC chief
ByRicha PintoRicha Pinto / Updated: Apr 27, 2021, 08:33 IST
(This story was first published in the Times of India on April 27, 2021)
Mumbai: Unless the city was assured of adequate vaccine doses for the population in the 18-44 age group by the state government, the BMC may not roll out the drive on May 1, said municipal chief I S Chahal. At the state-level, principal health secretary Dr Pradeep Vyas said it was a “policy under discussion” whether the drive will kickstart in Maharashtra on May 1.
“We have always aimed at vaccinating one lakh a day, but have not been able to touch the target. I have therefore taken it up with the state government that we would like to begin the mass vaccination drive only once there is enough availability of vaccines for all,” Chahal told TOI. The BMC commissioner said he was willing to face criticism for his stand, but it “was practical”. Mumbai has an
Mumbai: About 45K people inoculated at 111 centres in 24 hrs
21 private centres did not conduct the vaccination drive on Monday due to unavailability of jab stock
More than 40,000 registered beneficiaries were vaccinated at 111 Covid vaccine centres across the city on Monday. According to the data, 45,326 were inoculated in the last 24 hours, of which 3,220 were administered with Covaxin.
However, 21 private centres did not conduct the vaccination drive on Monday due to unavailability of jab stock.
Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has asked all private Covid centres to send proposals if they want to organise vaccination drives for citizens above 18 years of age. Moreover they have asked them to provide all details regarding the cold chain storage and manpower.