The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is conducting the COVID-19 vaccination drive across 99 centres in Mumbai on Friday, August 6.
As per new orders, all the civic and state-run centres will be operational for beneficiaries above 18 years of age from 9 am to 5 pm, both doses of Covaxin and Covishield will be available.
Healthcare and frontline workers due for their second doses will also be given the jab at the centres.
All the centres have been allocated 100 doses each by the civic body.
Covaxin will be available across 23 centres in Mumbai today. While 50 per cent of the doses have been reserved for those who will get their first shot, the remaining 50 per cent are for those waiting for their second shot.
The civic body has also urged to carry the certificates of the first dose to those citizens arriving for their second jab.
List of CVCs administering Covaxin on August 6.
— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) August 5, 2021
Both doses to be administered.
Kindly carry your first dose certificate.
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Meanwhile, Covishield will be administered across 76 centres all over Mumbai. Thirty per cent of the doses have been reserved for first dose and 70 per cent for the second dose.
In addition, special centres have also been arranged for pregnant women, students who need to travel abroad for higher studies and professionals for work commitments. Moreover, eligible beneficiaries above 45 years of age can also get inoculated at the BMC's drive-in vaccination facilities.
List of CVCs administering Covishield on August 6 .
— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) August 5, 2021
HCW/FLW (2nd dose), 18+: All centers
Citizens going abroad for education, jobs (documents mandatory), 45+ (drive-in), pregnant women: Centers mentioned in list
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