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Mumbai: BMC to get NGOs to help expedite COVID-19 vaccination drive
Updated On: 22 March, 2021 07:57 AM IST | Mumbai | Chetna Sadadekar
The civic body will also hold camps for those unable to register themselves online; first such camp in Dharavi from today

A person gets vaccinated at Nair Hospital on Saturday. Pic/Ashish Raje
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will rope in NGOs to speed up the vaccination drive and reach out to as many people as possible. While many are still struggling to get themselves registered as they are not familiar with the online system, the BMC along with the NGOs, will reach out to such people by setting up camps for them. The first of the camps will start on Monday at Dharavi to reach out to the slum dwellers, and soon they will be held in other places.
As Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal has set a target of 45 days - 45 lakh for vaccinations, the BMC is taking various measures to achieve this by increasing the hospitals where the inoculation drive can be carried out.
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