VACCINATION FOR 45+ AGE GROUP TO RESUME TODAY
MUMBAI: Vaccination for citizens above the age of 45 years, who are to receive their second dose only, will resume in Mumbai at select municipal and government vaccination centres on Tuesday, after being suspended for three days since Saturday due to shortage in stock.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will separately issue a list of vaccine centres operational on Tuesday for this age group.
Meanwhile, vaccination for the age group 18-44 years will continue on Tuesday as well, for the fourth day since the drive started on May 1. It will take place at five vaccine centres for the beneficiaries who have registered on the Cowin application and have received a from BMC. It will take place at BYL Nair Hospital at Mumbai Central, Sevenhills Hospital at Andheri, BKC Jumbo Facility, Rajawadi Hospital at Ghatkopar, and Cooper Hospital at Vile Parle. BMC will vaccinate 2,500 people in this age group on Tuesday.
Slots for bookings were opened by the civic body on Monday evening at 7.30pm and all slots were booked within seven minutes. At 7.37pm, BMC tweeted, “All the 500 slots each at all the 5 centres have been booked in Mumbai. We look forward to vaccinate those who have booked their slots. Please carry the ID with which you registered.”
On Monday, BMC vaccinated 2,394 beneficiaries from the age group of 18-44 years. In the past three days, a total of 5,813 beneficiaries from this age group have been vaccinated. Since this phase of the drive started on May 1, BMC had kept aside 20,000 doses as a separate stock to facilitate vaccinations for this age group which are being utilised.
On Monday, eight beneficiaries aged 45 years and above were vaccinated at the BKC jumbo facility. Apart from this, 30 healthcare workers, two frontline workers, 410 citizens aged above 60, and 375 citizens between age 45 years and 59 years were vaccinated at HN Reliance Hospital and Mallika Hospital.
Drive-in vax centre
Mumbai’s first-of-its-kind drive-in vaccination centre will start at Kohinoor Parking Lot on JK Sawant Marg near Shivaji Park in Dadar (West) on Tuesday, to cater to senior citizens and specially-abled citizens.
Kiran Dighavkar, assistant commissioner of G-north ward, said, “It is the largest vaccination facility with capacity to vaccinate 5,000 beneficiaries per day across seven booths. Two of these booths are reserved for drive-ins.”