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MUMBAI: Six centres administering the Bharat Biotech vaccine Covaxin in Maharashtra saw a drastic drop in turnout on Tuesday. Merely 181 healthcare workers took the vaccine on Tuesday as opposed to 383 on Saturday. It was a 54% decline in beneficiaries wanting to take a vaccine given in a clinical trial mode.
Of the six centres, Byculla’s JJ Hospital, which was also one of the trial sites for Covaxin, saw the lowest turnout with barely 13 showing up. Three times that number took the vaccine on Day 1. Government Medical College in Aurangabad saw the second lowest turnout with 14 coming forward on Tuesday compared to 74 on the first day.