The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has become the first civic corporation in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to give one dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 to 100% of its adult population. As per the state government data, the NMMC had 11.07 lakh population eligible for the vaccination; on October 19, NMMC achieved administering one dose to all these people. About 52.08 per cent of the population has been fully vaccinated – received both doses – till now.

Initially, the NMMC had resolved to vaccinate 8 lakh adults by the end of July 2021, but due to short supply of the vaccines, they managed to achieve this by the end of August. The corporation then emphasised on vaccinating more persons with at least one dose before the third wave.