Assam CM urged leading industrialists and financiers in Mumbai to invest in diverse sectors in the state and assured them of total cooperation from the government in this regard. He held separate meetings with industry leaders at a roundtable organised by FICCI as well as with Tata Group and SRCC Children’s Hospital, among others, winding up his three-day visit to the
Co-WIN not so winsome: Technical glitch, long waiting hours cause flagging of seniorsâ enthusiasm (Photo by AFP)
Mumbai: Technical glitches cast a damper on the opening day of the third phase of the mass immunisation drive in the city, delaying the process for over three hours.
In this phase, citizens above 60 and those aged 45 years and above with comorbidities were supposed to get their first dose of the Covid vaccine, starting 9.30am on Monday. Upgrading to Co-Win 2.0 failed to weed out technical issues in the centralised app, resulting in a dismal start to the proceedings.
But despite all the starting trouble, more than 3,000 senior citizens and 45+ beneficiaries were vaccinated at the end of the day, with a turnout of 78 per cent of beneficiaries at the 44 vaccine centres across Mumbai. Of the 7,530 people who received their first doses on Monday, there were 1,982 in the general category, including 1,722 senior citizens and 260 between 45 and 60 years of age with comor