In order to get the elderly vaccinated, Mumbai’s civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had initiated vaccinations for the coronavirus at home. So far, 2,000 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19.
Moreover, 1,761 undocumented people have been vaccinated till Saturday evening. According to sources, this door-to-door campaign has been implemented by the municipal administration so that no one is deprived of vaccination. The BMC had earlier asked people to e-mail the information about those bed-ridden citizens to covidvacc2bedridden@gmail.com.
In addition, the civic body informed that the citizens, who are bed-ridden due to various physical or medical reasons, will be vaccinated under this exercise.
However, in the first ten days of August, the vaccination numbers have witnessed a downward trend by 30%, reported the Times of India. Based on data, almost 40 lakh doses were given in the first and last ten days of July. Similarly, in August till the said date less than 28 lakh doses were given. Reports state that Dr Pradeep Vyas the additional chief secretary elucidated that the numbers have fallen because the supply was limited. 8.26 lakh doses were received in August in the state. This shortage has resulted in the curtailment of the public vaccination drive in the city on August 12 and 13.
With the travel in local trains now dependent on citizens being fully vaccinated, it is expected that the demand for vaccines will further surge.
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