MUMBAI: The resolution demanding supply of at least three crore vaccine doses from the Centre every month to Maharashtra was passed in the state assembly on Tuesday to ensure the state completes its target of vaccinating at the earliest. Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said the state will conduct a 24x7 vaccination programme if the Centre makes available maximum doses.
Public health minister Rajesh Tope moved the resolution in the assembly on the last day of the monsoon session and said vaccination is the only option to develop herd immunity and to keep the third Covid wave under control.
Tope said as on Monday, Maharashtra tops the vaccination programme with over 3.43 crore people having received a jab. The state has over 1.23 lakh active Covid-19 cases, the highest among all states. “Hence, the Maharashtra government needs to get more vaccine doses from the Centre as vaccination is the only way to curb the third wave, projected by the experts,” Tope said in the house. He also said the state has the capacity to vaccinate a minimum of 10 lakh and maximum 15 lakh people a day.
