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COVID-19 vaccination drive for 18-44 year olds will solely depend on supply: Maharashtra CM

Updated On: 29 April, 2021 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore

Cash-strapped Maharashtra says public health paramount, approves Rs 6,500-crore proposal; but drive may not start till end of the month

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Beneficiaries queue up outside Nair hospital for their vaccine doses. Pic/Suresh Karkera

Beneficiaries queue up outside Nair hospital for their vaccine doses. Pic/Suresh Karkera

The state government has announced that vaccines will be provided for free to those between 18 and 44 years of age but in all probability the expanded programme will not start on May 1, the day it’s scheduled to take off across the nation. According to the Congress, inoculation of this particular group will get delayed till the end of May.

People wait in a queue outside Shri Harilal Bhagwati Municipal Hospital in Borivli to take their vaccine doses on Wednesday. Pic/Satej Shinde
People wait in a queue outside Shri Harilal Bhagwati Municipal Hospital in Borivli to take their vaccine doses on Wednesday. Pic/Satej Shinde

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