The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will conduct a special drive on Thursday, September 9, for those eligible only for the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
On Tuesday, September 8, the BMC announced that it will not administer the first dose of vaccine at civic and government-run centres today. The vaccination centres will be functional from 9 am to 5 pm at 229 centres.
The civic body has urged the citizens that it is mandatory to carry the certificate of their first dose.
The BMC has released a list of 300 vaccination centres administering Covishield. Moreover, Mumbai citizens going abroad for education, job, emergency can also take their second (valid documents mandatory). In addition, those eligible for drive-in vaccination and pregnant women also take their jabs today.
Additional centers administering Covishield on September 9.#MyBMCVaccinationUpdate pic.twitter.com/PeOb5Ew8D5
— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) September 8, 2021
Meanwhile, Covaxin will be available at 29 centres only today. Here is the list:
List of CVCs administering Covaxin on September 9.
— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) September 8, 2021
ONLY for 2nd dose ( Certificate of first dose mandatory)
9am - 5pm#MyBMCVaccinationUpdate pic.twitter.com/DQSemV8sUc
This comes after demands from several quarters for consistent free vaccination drives in the city, which is battling a short supply of vaccines.
However, this is the second time in a week that BMC is conducting a special drive for those awaiting a second dose. On September 4, the civic body conducted a similar drive.
Meanwhile, it has also come to light that the city received three lakh doses from the state, the highest tranche it has ever got on September 8. Of the three lakh doses received from the state on Tuesday, 2.95 lakh are Covishield.
Moreover, insufficiency of doses caused vaccination to drop on Tuesday. Besides, the civic body has also stated that with a consistent vaccine supply, the adult population can be fully vaccinated by early next year.
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