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COVID-19: Over 100 people inoculated on day 1 of newly opened vaccination centre dedicated for LGBTQ community

The civic statement added that the citizens with queries related to the centre and vaccination process could contact N Ward 'war room' on 022-21010201.

COVID-19: Over 100 people inoculated on day 1 of newly opened vaccination centre dedicated for LGBTQ community
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday, August 24, inaugurated the city's first COVID-19 vaccination centre dedicated to transgenders and those from the LGBT community. 

A BMC official said that those without an identity card can also reach this centre and get vaccinated.

The centre was opened at St Joseph School at Vikhroli (West) for members of the LGBT community who were facing difficulty in getting vaccines.

In the first few hours of the centre, which falls under the BMC's N Ward limits, being operational, nearly 100 transgenders and LGBT community members received vaccine doses.

The Centre was inaugurated by the Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope. On this occasion, Tope said that preventing the spread of diseases like COVID-19 in a city like Mumbai, with its geographical location and population, was very challenging, but the BMC had handled the situation effectively.

In a statement, the BMC said the centre would be operational for the next six months, with jabs being given even to those without identity cards, and asked NGOs and other groups working with transgenders and LGBT community members to encourage vaccination among them.

The civic statement added that the citizens with queries related to the centre and vaccination process could contact N Ward 'war room' on 022-21010201.

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