“Stamps will be put on back of the hands of the patients staying in home quarantine. 300 marshals will be hired to keep an eye on people traveling in local trains without face mask. Besides, additional marshals will be hired to keep an eye on violators in Mumbai,” the BMC said.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Wednesday that the Covishield vaccine will not be administered to people under 18 years of age, pregnant women and those with allergies, as per the Centre s protocols. We have decided to give the full two-doses to the selected persons, the first dose now and the second after 4-6 weeks. However, those below 18 years, pregnant women or people with allergies shall not be administered the vaccine, Tope told mediapersons. He said so far, Maharashtra has received 963,000 doses of the expected 17,50,000 - which is around 55 per cent of the state government s quota - from the manufacturers Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune.