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MUMBAI: The Centre on Tuesday allowed private hospitals not empanelled for any government health scheme to join the Covid-19 vaccination drive, paving the way for 29 major private hospitals in Mumbai (see list alongside) to pitch in and accelerate coverage.
These hospitals will start giving the shots in a day or two, allowing for the state to issue an order and mobilising of vaccine stocks and manpower, said civic officials. Vaccination at these centres is likely to cost Rs 250 per dose.
The move buoyed the BMC that faced heat on Monday for overcrowding at centres. The enthusiastic response from the elderly saw Mumbai’s turnout jump by over 240% from 1,982 on Monday to 6,853 on Tuesday. Across the state, senior citizens led the charge, accounting for 12,300 of the 16,111 vaccinated a 130% rise over the previous day.
Queues for on-spot registrations at the BKC jumbo facility on Monday
PUNE: The controlled release of vaccine doses by the Centre will slow down the Covid vaccination drive in Maharashtra, health officials have said.
The state now aims to cover an estimated one crore citizens who are part of the new phase, those aged 60 and above and people over 45 with comorbidities. This group is being covered simultaneously, along with healthcare and frontline workers.
But the state currently has only 44.74 lakh doses of both Covishield and Covaxin.
Dr Subhash Salunke, the state technical expert on Covid, said for the vaccination drive to be scaled up across government and private hospitals, supply of doses must be streamlined.
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