MUMBAI: Vaccination on Tuesday will be carried out only for three hours between 2pm and 5pm. The civic authorities said they have received 95,000 doses of Covishield which will be distributed to vaccination centres only on Tuesday morning.
This is the second time within a week that the city will see trimmed timings. Last Friday too, the BMC had to cut down on vaccination hours due to shortage of doses. The city’s executive health officer, Dr Mangala Gomare, said since centres may be able to pick up the doses only by noon, the timing has been deferred till 2pm. Vaccination will be held as per regular hours on Wednesday.
On Monday, major commotion broke out at RN Cooper Hospital where hundreds of students gathered for just 200 slots available. Many students complained they were not given tokens, while others said they had made several rounds already but couldn’t get vaccinated. The BMC has allowed vaccination of students scheduled to fly abroad for studies since June 1. “Many are now due for their second shots. We are vaccinating as per doses available and slots created on Co-Win,” said Dr Shailesh Mohite, dean of Cooper Hospital.
On Monday, the BMC administered 69,627 doses taking the number of people vaccinated with both doses to 11.65lakh and with a single dose to 33.92lakh.
