The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) started Mobile Vaccination Center in the city in a refurbished bus on Monday, June 7.
This move is aimed at vaccinating the maximum number of senior citizens and specially-abled citizens before the anticipated third wave. Through the mobile inoculation drive, vaccines were given to the citizens of Mahatma Gandhi Leprosy Colony at Kopri.
It has been observed that it was becoming difficult for senior citizens and persons with disabilities to go to the vaccination centre and also wait in the long queues for hours. As a result, Thane mayor Naresh Mhaske commenced this drive bringing relief to those unable to travel or wait at the vaccination centres for long.
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The mobile vaccination unit will travel across Thane city on all days except Sundays and will cater to those above 60 years and the disabled above 45 years. On the first day of its operation, 48 people were inoculated. Also, the mayor has appealed to the relatives of the bedridden citizens to help them get vaccinated.
TMC will come up with a schedule for the bus to visit different parts of the city. This would ensure that people are aware of the areas that the mobile unit would visit. it will be available at different spots every day from 12 noon to 4 pm for vaccination, said an official.
Moreover, the Thane mayor has also asked the TMC to start the vaccination process for those above 18 years.
On a similar lines, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has made special arrangements at vaccination facilities for citizens with disabilities who are above the age of 45 years, whereby the citizens did not have to wait in a queue
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