The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will resume its vaccination drive at state- and municipal corporation-run centres today right after it received a fresh batch of doses from the Centre. The civic body had to suspend inoculation drives at government-run centres on Friday and Saturday right after it ran out of vaccine stock. As per process, the civic body does not hold vaccination drives on Sundays.
The civic body received a batch of more than 1.30 lakh vaccine doses — 85,000 Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and 40,000 of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, officials told The Indian Express. Suresh Kakaki, the civic body’s Additional Municipal Commissioner, mentioned it would activate all its centres to cover more people today. He added that they had been expecting more stocks to arrive on Monday that would enable them smoothly continue the inoculation drive.
The civic body is operating vaccination centres at 300 areas. These centres enable 50 per cent stroll-ins and the other half via on-line appointments. Civic officials mentioned pregnant girls would also be in a position to get the jab at their nearest vaccination centre from Monday at their nearest vaccination centre. The Centre has not too long ago permitted pregnant girls to be vaccinated.
In Mumbai, absolutely free vaccination drives have been facing continual hurdles due to brief provide of vaccines. State- and civic-run centres had to shut the vaccination drive on July 8 as properly due to shortage of jabs. On Sunday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Centre for the shortage of Covid-19 vaccines. He mentioned the quantity of ministers in the Union Cabinet had gone up, but vaccines had been nonetheless facing brief provide. India has set an ambitious target to vaccinate the whole population by December, but the absence or shortage of Covid-19 vaccines has been a continual thorn in its attempts.