With fully vaccinated individuals allowed to use local trains after I-Day, the wait for jabs could become excruciating for hundreds of thousands of citizens. While about 10 lakh beneficiaries will be eligible for their second dose this month, 33 lakh are yet to get the first dose. Till August 9, an average of 42,000 doses were delivered daily and at this rate, only nine lakh more shots will be given by the end of this month.

Of the 90 eligible residents in the city, about 33 lakh, most aged less than 45 years, are yet to get their first dose, shows BMC data. The numbers also show that vaccination in this month is moving at a slower pace than June and July.