With the surge in COVID-19 cases in China and other parts of the world, vaccination centres in Mumbai have seen an uptake in the precautionary doses.
Though, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)-run vaccination centre continues to offer only Covaxin as the state has not provided stock of Covishield or Corbevax.
However, the state immunisation department have written to the centre urging to supply both the vaccines as there is a rise in demand for them at the centres. They also stated that there is no demand for Covaxin. Still, they have received 2,000-3,000 additional stocks of Covaxin doses from the state.
An official stated that they are making efforts to counsel the beneficiaries on taking Covaxin as a precautionary dose as it is allowed by the government.
As per data shared by the BMC health official, there is a stock of close to 15 lakh Covaxin. The vaccination numbers in the state have gone up in the last few days. While earlier it was less than 3,000 a day, now they are seeing close to 9,000 vaccinations a day across the state.
As of January 2, Mumbai has 206 vaccination centres of which 81 are in the public sector. In a day, the city is seeing close to 1000 vaccinations of which more than 800 is taking place in private vaccination centres.
Meanwhile, private vaccination centres are watching the demand before placing their order for the vaccines.
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