Elders at the Rajawadi Hosp vaccination centre in Ghatkopar
MUMBAI: On the third day of the expanded vaccination drive including senior citizens and those above 45 with co-morbidities, crowd management remained an issue in some of the public centres. Gates of the Nesco jumbo hospital in Goregaon had to be closed before 4pm as hundreds were still waiting. “On-spot registration is leading to overcrowding and a solution is urgently needed,” said a doctor, adding that people have started queuing from 7am. “The software must be tweaked to provide specific time slots,” he said.
At the Mulund jumbo centre, there were over 100 senior citizens still waiting to be vaccinated at 4.50pm. One said he had been waiting since 12 noon and got vaccinated around 4.45pm. Suresh Kakani, additional municipal commissioner, said walk-in registrations have to run as not everyone has access to mobile phone or internet.
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MUMBAI: A 26-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing his former girlfriend in the abdomen on a busy road at Saki Naka on Saturday evening, after she refused to continue the relationship. As the incident took place barely 100m from her residence, the 22-year-old woman staggered home and her father, an autorickshaw driver, rushed her to Rajawadi Hospital. She was later shifted to Sion hospital, where she had a surgery on Sunday.
The accused, Arjun Singh, surrendered before Saki Naka police on Sunday morning.
Until a few years ago, Singh used to live in Kurla, not far from the victim’s Saki Naka residence. “They were in a relationship about four years ago and she even moved in with him,” said a police officer. “They lived together for more than a year. But as Singh was addicted to liquor and drugs and could not keep a permanent job, she walked out on himand moved back in with her parents,” he added.
Things were going well. Daily infections were down, hospitals were finally coming up for air themselves and experts globally were flummoxed at the deep dive from a 100,000 cases in September to just 9100 cases recorded across India towards the end of January. For a country of 1.4 billion people, the numbers were no less than a miracle.
Theories came out fast and furious many questioned if the country had already reached herd immunity. Other experts wondered if our living conditions made us inherently tough had the lack of hygiene and clean water that caused diseases like malaria, typhoid and dengue made our immune systems sturdy or was our predominantly humid climate a barrier to the virus.
Technical glitches in CoWin app again affects vaccination drive at vaccination centres
Technical glitches in CoWin app again affects vaccination drive at vaccination centres
There were technical glitches in the CoWIN app on the first day of the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive at some places.
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Doctor Madhura Patil waiting at BKC Jumbo centre
The second phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive suffered setback at some places on the first day due to glitches in the Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network (CoWIN) application.
Madhura Patil, is the first healthcare worker who was to be administered the booster dose but was seen waiting at the observation centre for hours as her name didn’t reflect in the CoWin app.