The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday, July 28, stated that the vaccine slots availability will be announced at 5:30 pm on social media.
This decision comes after citizens complaints about the inconsistency of timings to book online vaccination slots. The civic body also stated that the announcements will be made via social media platforms - Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Moreover, the timing of vaccination centres has also been fixed from 9 am to 5 pm. However, centres that may want to function longer will have the liberty to do so.
In order to vaccinate the slum dwellers, several corporates and NGOs are collaborating with private hospitals to vaccinate them. Though registrations in slums will be done on the spot from next week as 50 per cent online and 50 per cent walk-ins are not possible to implement since not everyone has access to cellphones or the internet, said a civic official.
Jaslok Hospital has tied up with Citi Bank to vaccinate people living in Dharavi, while Godrej Hospital is also planning to start a CSR drive.
The RN Cooper, Juhu, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Kandivli, Rajawadi, Ghatkopar and BYL Nair, Mumbai Central, have administered over a lakh dose each so far.
According to reports, walk-in remains to be a mess as there are limited slots and people are forced to queue up from 5 am and 6 am amid limited coupons. Every centre has 100-200 slots, of which doses are reserved for walk-in and online and these slots are further divided for the first and second dose recipients.
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