Mumbai: Due to inadequate stock, no Covid-19 vaccination on June 3 at govt centres, says BMC

As per a previous report, the young population of the city — 18 years to 44 years — has turned to private players to get vaccinated as they are managing to get their stock of vaccines from manufacturing companies directly

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced on Wednesday that there will be no Covid-19 vaccination at all government centres on Thursday (June 3).

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"Dear Mumbaikars, please note that all BMC and government vaccination centers will be closed tomorrow (June 3, 2021)," they posted on their official twitter handle.

Dear Mumbaikars,

Please note that all BMC and Government vaccination centers will be closed tomorrow (June 3, 2021).

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Please watch this space for updates regarding vaccination centres and schedules #MyBMCvaccinationUpdate

— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) June 2, 2021

As per ANI, this is being done due to inadequate vaccine stock.

"Due to lack of adequate vaccine stock, vaccination will be stopped tomorrow (June 3) at government and municipal centres in Mumbai," an official from Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Department of Public Relations, told ANI.

Maharashtra | Due to lack of adequate vaccine stock, vaccination will be stopped tomorrow (June 3) at Government and Municipal Centers in Mumbai: Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Department of Public Relations

— ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2021

As per a previous report, the young population of the city — 18 years to 44 years — has turned to private players to get vaccinated. With private hospitals managing to get their stock of vaccines from manufacturing companies directly, the group is getting appointments online for the same as the public vaccination centres are currently shut for them. In a month’s time since the drive was opened for the age group, a total of 2.38 lakh beneficiaries have been inoculated and majority of these have been in the past 10 days at private hospitals.

The vaccination drive began for this age group from May 1, though the civic body was not prepared to inoculate them. On May 12, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced that the drive for the age group will be shut. However, four private centres had started to inoculate citizens and many from this age group started going to them in large numbers.

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