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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.
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Maharashtra Covid lockdown news live: State may impose 15-day lockdown starting Wednesday night
Maharashtra government has imposed statewide restrictions till May 1 in the wake of the Covid-19 situation. Section 144 is in place across the state. The state is likely to face a strict lockdown for 15 days as Covid-19 cases in the state have continued to surge despite strict restrictions for a week. A demand for a complete lockdown was made by most ministers in the state cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, and CM Uddhav Thackeray is likely to make an official announcement by addressing the state on Wednesday. The state on Tuesday reported 62,097 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 39,60,359, while 519 more patients succumbed to the infection, said a health department official. The new fatalities pushed the statewide toll to 61,343, he said. Out of the 519 fatalities, 307 occurred in the last 48 hours and 114 last week, while 98 deaths took place in the period befo
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