On Wednesday morning, January 13, Mumbai received over 1.39 lakh doses of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII).
This first batch of doses will be delivered across the city at designated vaccination centres for the inoculation drive set to begin on January 16, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a statement. Health department staffers of the BMC brought the vaccines from neighbouring Pune under the security of two police vehicles, it said.
The vaccine doses are being stored at a facility in F-South ward office situated in Parel. The civic body has also created a centralised cold storage facility for vaccines in Kanjurmarg.
Nearly 1.30 lakh health workers from Mumbai have so far registered for vaccination, according to BMC officials. A minimum of 100 people will be vaccinated against COVID-19 at a single centre which will have a team of five personnel who will verify the SMS sent to the person to be inoculated, her or his identity and administer the vaccine. The CoWin system will be used for this.
To manage the crowd, the BMC has decided to conduct the COVID-19 vaccination drive in two shifts - from 7 am to 2 pm and then from 2 pm to 9 pm.
Mumbai will have 72 inoculation centres, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said in a release on Tuesday, January 12.
With mass immunization all across the world, doctors believe that there will be a growing demand for vaccination certificates. To address this, the beneficiaries will be given a QR code of their vaccination, which will hold the proof of their immunization. Also, after the completion of both the vaccines, they will be given an auto-generated certificate on their phone.
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