On Thursday, Mumbaikars thronged vaccination centres in large numbers to get a jab as the city and state began to run short on COVID-19 vaccines. At present, there are 120 vaccination centers in Mumbai, 73 of which are private. Photo: Sameer Markande

On Wednesday, the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) stopped the COVID-19 vaccination drive due to a shortage of vaccines. An official said that the civic body used up all the stock of Covishield and thus, they cannot continue the drive. However, they have stock of Covaxin which will be used for the second dose. Photo: Satej Shinde

At Nair hospital, hundreds of people were seen waiting in a long queue as some vaccination centres in the city ran out of COVID-19 vaccine stock. Following which, people flocked to the centre to get the jab. Photo: Satej Shinde

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Thursday said that ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive in Mumbai will come to a halt from Friday as the stock of vaccine doses in the city is about to end. The vaccination drive could continue only if the city receives enough number of doses, she said. Photo: Satej Shinde

Maharashtra Health Minister Tope said that many inoculation centres in Maharashtra are being shut due to a shortage of coronavirus vaccines. He further said that the state has only 14 lakh doses which would last just three days. Tope also said that instead of supplying vaccines to other countries, Centre should supply them to our own states first. Maharashtra wants at least 40 lakh vaccine dosages every week, he said. Photo: Sameer Markande

On Thursday, several civic-run, as well as private hospitals in the city, put up boards outside their premises, which read that due to the unavailability of vaccines, the vaccination process cannot be carried out. In picture: Senior citizens look on as Mahim maternity hospital vaccination center shuts due to shortage of vaccine stock. Photo: Ashish Raje

Rupesh Kadam, a resident of Charni Road visited Nair Hospital to get vaccinated after he could not get the vaccine at Saifee Hospital. "Vaccination is being done at Nair but as there was a long queue we had to wait a lot," he told mid-day. Photo: Satej Shinde

Besides Saifee hospital, Kasturba hospital, and a maternity hospital in Mahim were shut for vaccination due to shortage of COVID-19 vaccines. In picture: Citizens wait in a queue to receive COVID-19 jab at the MMRC dedicated COVID-19 Health Centre in Ketkipada, Dahisar. Photo: Satej Shinde

Amid the COVID-19 vaccine crisis in the city and the state, a central team on Thursday arrived at the BKC COVID-19 vaccination centre in Mumbai to assess the current situation in the city. In picture: People wait in queue at BKC's Jumbo Vaccination center to get COVID-19 jab. Photo: Sameer Markande

Taking note of the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote a letter to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan demanding vaccination for those above 18 years of age. In her letter, Chaturvedi said that the government should make vaccines accessible to all above 18 years. Photo: Ashish Raje