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BMC allows private offices and housing societies to hold COVID-19 vaccination drive; Read the guidelines here

The BMC has issued a detailed guideline, permitting housing societies and workplaces (private) to tie up with private hospitals/ Covid vaccination centres (PCVC) to hold these drives on their premises, subject to the availability of stocks.

BMC allows private offices and housing societies to hold COVID-19 vaccination drive; Read the guidelines here
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to now bring the COVID-19 vaccination at your doorsteps. This development comes amid chaos over the booking of appointment slots and their unavailability. However, the civic body chief has claimed that this decision has been taken to increase the beneficiaries getting vaccinated in the city.

He also stated that it necessary to expand the number of vaccination centres in Mumbai and also ensure swift vaccination before third wave hits the city.

The BMC has issued a detailed guideline, permitting housing societies and workplaces (private) to tie up with private hospitals/ Covid vaccination centres (PCVC) to hold these drives on their premises, subject to the availability of stocks.

Besides, the housing societies should have sufficient number of willing beneficiaries for taking the vaccination. As per the orders, employees, family members, society residents, maids, drivers etc., above 18 years of age shall be eligible for vaccination.

Moreover, one PCVC can be linked with more than one workplace or housing societies but information about the same will need to be given to the local ward office.

These vaccines will come at a cost fixed mutually by the workplaces/housing societies with the private hospitals/ CVCs.

Hospitals / vaccine centre will have to ensure that all protocols are followed during the drive.

One of their senior staff will be appointed as a "Nodal Officer" to coordinate and support vaccination activities. This Nodal Officer shall oversee and facilitate all aspects of vaccination at Work Place CVC/Housing Society like registration of beneficiaries, availability of physical and IT infrastructure and oversight to vaccination etc.

It will still be mandatory for the beneficiaries to be registered in the Co-WIN portal before vaccination. The PCVC Nodal Officer shall ensure registration of all targeted beneficiaries. In the case of the workplace, on-the-spot registration shall also be available only to employees of the workplace. (The family members of employees must be registered in the Co-WIN portal before vaccination). All the registered PCVCs on the CoWIN portal can have linkages with all such Work Place/Housing Society for vaccination.

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