MUMBAI: Informing that the vaccination drive is going on smoothly, BMC on Monday told Bombay high court that it is not expecting a third wave of Covid-19 in Mumbai.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and justice Girish Kulkarni wass informed by senior advocate Anil Sakhare, who appeared for BMC, that over 82 lakh people have taken the first dose of the Covid vaccine and over 42 lakh the second dose.
Sakhare said that work of vaccinating people is going on smoothly. “Now there is no shortage of vaccines too. Mumbai is safe. We do not see a third wave coming,” he added.
The court heard a PIL, filed in March before the second wave, by advocates Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari, to direct the Centre and state to start door-to-door vaccination for senior citizens aged above 75, the specially abled and those who are bed-ridden.
Sakhare also said that 2,586 bed-ridden persons have been administered both doses of the vaccine while 3,942 bed-ridden persons have taken the first shot.
The judges disposed of the PIL, expressing satisfaction over the pace at which vaccination is on and that is even being administered to those who are bedridden. “We are happy now that even these persons are not deprived of the vaccine,” said the Chief Justice.
