Nearly three-and-a-half months after India launched what was billed as the world’s largest vaccination programme, the drive is crawling in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). So far, a mere 2 to 5 per cent of the population in and around the city has been administered both doses. The grim picture is the fallout of a poor supply of shots, say officials, adding that at this rate it will take more than a year to immunise the entire region. The MMR comprises Mumbai and its nearby cities such as, Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli, Bhiwandi, Ulhasnagar, Vasai-Virar and Mira Bhayandar.

A ‘no stock’ board greets citizens outside the vaccination centre in BKC Jumbo COVID hospital on April 28. Pic/Shadab Khan