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Are public transport staff protected against Covid?
Updated On: 30 July, 2021 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
mid-day breaks down the vaccination figures, which shows full vaccination coverage is low in Mumbai division of Central Railway and Western Railway; 60 per cent BEST employees got both shots

About 60 per cent of the WR employees in Mumbai have received either the first dose or both the doses. File Pics
Amid the demand to allow fully vaccinated citizens to take all forms of public transport (an idea first floated by mid-day), a crucial question arises — has the city immunised those operating Mumbai locals, BEST buses, taxis and autos? mid-day takes a look at how many of these employees have taken their anti-Coronavirus shots.
7,403 fully vaxxed by CR
Central Railway officials said that nearly 70 per cent of its Mumbai division staff have either taken the first shot or both, and about 97 per cent of them are aged 45 years and above. Of the 29,598 serving CR employees in Mumbai division, 22,195 have received their first dose and merely 7,403 have got both the shots.
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