According to reports, the state is likely to add more centres to administer the COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin to the existing centres as additional doses of the Bharat Biotech vaccine are expected soon.
Moreover, in order to fasten the process, the state government has also planned to administer at least one vaccine dose for the coronavirus to its healthcare workers in the next 12 session days.
However, the state is reportedly behind over a dozen of other states when it comes to vaccination. Among the states, it has the highest number of registered healthcare workers to be vaccinated, however, till now UP has vaccinated the most in India (6.73 lakh) followed by Maharashtra.
On the other hand, the city of Mumbai has started administering the trial of a third vaccine, Sputnik V, after administering Covishield and Covaxin for the coronavirus. Moreover, according to reports, 144 volunteers have taken the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine in the month of January. Back in the month of November 2020, Mumbai’s hospitals participated in the second phase of the trial. In addition, 18 volunteers had registered themselves for the trial. Out of this, six of them were doctors. Following which, in January, the third phase was initiated at the hospital.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra clocked 2,673 fresh cases of the coronavirus cases on Sunday, February 7, which took the COVID-19 tally in the state to 20,44,071. However, a total of 1,622 patients were discharged during the day, which improved the recovery count to 19,55,548, according to the state health department.
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