Amidst a scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) on Sunday mentioned that vaccination for these aged 45 years and above can be closed on Monday, whereas vaccination for 18 to 44 years will proceed solely at 5 facilities.
Solely those that have registered themselves in CoWIN app and who’ve been given the prescribed immuniwation centre and time (slot) could be given the jab.
“As a result of scarcity of doses, vaccination for the individuals above 45 years is not going to be carried out on Monday,” the BMC said.
Earlier, the Municipal Company listed Nair Hospital, BKC jumbo Covid Centre, Cooper Hospital, Seven Hills Hospital, and the Rajawadi hospital to manage the vaccine doses.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday mentioned the vaccine doses for the 18-44 age group can be administered as per availability and folks mustn’t crowd vaccination centres.
Vaccination for the residents within the age group of 18 to 44 towards COVID-19 is free at authorities hospitals, however residents should pay for the jabs at non-public services.
Maharashtra reported 56,647 new COVID-19 circumstances within the final 24 hours, in accordance with the state well being bulletin on Sunday. Nevertheless, the dying toll touched 70,284 with 669 new deaths.
A complete of 86,023 beneficiaries within the age group of 18-44 years acquired their first dose of COVID vaccine throughout 11 states on Could 1, the Union Well being Ministry mentioned on Sunday.
The cumulative variety of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered within the nation has crossed 15.68 crore because the phase-3 of the nationwide vaccination drive commenced on Saturday.
The ministry mentioned, “86,023 beneficiaries within the age group of 18-44 years acquired their first dose of COVID vaccine throughout 11 states”.
These states are Chhattisgarh (987), Delhi (1,472), Gujarat (51,622), Jammu and Kashmir (201), Karnataka (649), Maharashtra (12,525), Odisha (97), Punjab (298), Rajasthan (1853), Tamil Nadu (527) and UP (15,792).
In the meantime, India registered 3,92,448 new circumstances, 3,07,865 recoveries and three,689 deaths within the final 24 hours. The whole variety of COVID circumstances recorded throughout the nation is 1,95,57,457.