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Mumbai: Stock shortage pulls down vaccination figures to 64,000

The BMC received more than 2 lakh doses on Thursday night and officials said jabs will be administered between 2 pm and 5 pm on Friday.

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A beneficiary is administered Covishield at Swaminarayan temple in Mahalaxmi. Pic/Ashish Raje

A beneficiary is administered Covishield at Swaminarayan temple in Mahalaxmi. Pic/Ashish Raje

After clocking over 1 lakh shots for three consecutive days, stock shortage pulled down the city’s inoculation figures to 64,378 on Thursday, with civic-run centres immunising only 27,090 people. The BMC received more than 2 lakh doses on Thursday night and officials said jabs will be administered between 2 pm and 5 pm on Friday.

After the BMC-managed centres started free vaccination for the age group of 30 to 44 years from Monday, there was a surge in the number of beneficiaries lining up for vaccines. This resulted in numbers staying above 1 lakh till Wednesday.

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