The civic body has identified three of its own properties, of which one will be converted into a Central Storage Facility for COVID-19 vaccines. The BMC aims to complete work on the cold storage facility, where the temperatures will be maintained at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, before December 15. Also, around one lakh health workers in the city will be the first ones to get the COVID-19 vaccine, additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani told mid-day on Tuesday. The state, on the other hand, announced a task force to ensure vaccine distribution.

While there is no clarity on when a vaccine will be available — four vaccine candidates are reportedly at advanced stages of trials in India — the state government on Tuesday announced that a special task force will be formed to ensure proper distribution of the vaccine and various measures to curb the spread of the virus during a video-conferencing call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.