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Mumbai: BMC to open more COVID-19 vaccination centres; vaccine shortage persists
Updated On: 23 April, 2021 07:56 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Dr. Mangala Gomare, executive health officer of the BMC, said, We are administering vaccines as per the current stock and capacity of the centres. We are training more staff to increase the number of centres and waiting for guidelines to open them up.

A senior citizen takes his vaccine shot at Nair Hospital on Thursday. Pic/Ashish Raje
While the registration process for vaccination of people above 18 years of age is scheduled to start from tomorrow, the city continues to face a shortage of vaccines. On Thursday, 48 centres out of the total 132 did not conduct vaccinations due to the non-availability of jabs. The BMC has already started training its staff as the number of centres will be increased from May 1, but it is still waiting for the state government’s guidelines.
Many of the centres at public and government hospitals have been shut since the past two weeks due to non-availability of vaccines.
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