Updated On: 09 December, 2021 08:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expresses the need for strict enforcement of COVID-19 protocols in the state and increased vaccination in districts where the lag is wide

A health worker gives a COVID vaccine shot to a beneficiary, at a temporary vaccination centre, in Chembur. File pic
As a vaccine is one of the potent preventive measures against COVID-19 in view of the new, highly transmissible Omicron variant, the state Cabinet feels there is a need to speed up immunisation as quickly as possible. Currently, 4.37 crore people in Maharashtra are fully vaccinated and 7.65 crore have taken their first dose.
At the weekly COVID-19 review meeting on Wednesday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his cabinet colleagues were briefed about the global spread of Omicron.