Mumbai: Covid-19 vaccine jabs for women only on Monday as BMC tries to correct ratio

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The BMC has administered over 1.21 crore vaccine doses to the citizens, out of which only 42 per cent were given to women whereas the remaining 57 per cent vaccine doses have been taken by men in Mumbai. To bridge the gender disparity in inoculation, the BMC has planned an exclusive vaccination session for women on Monday from 10 am to 6 pm, across all civic, state and central government-run centres.

The civic body has so far vaccinated 69,42,871 men and 51,79,512 women with either of the doses. The BMC said they do not yet have the data on how many have been fully or partially vaccinated. Additionally, 2,854 others have been vaccinated through various special drives, said officials.

Next week, the BMC also plans to hold exclusive vaccination sessions for students and teachers and "overdue second dose" beneficiaries apart from women.

In the first session on Tuesday, from 9 am to 2 pm, Covid-19 vaccination will be given to teachers and students of 18 years and above. In the second half of the day, from 3 pm to 8 pm, citizens who are due for the second dose will be vaccinated. No one will be given the first dose of the vaccine.

On both these days, eligible citizens from all categories concerned will be able to walk-in directly at all government and municipal vaccination centres in Mumbai to get vaccinated.