On the first day of the inoculation drive this week on Monday, the turnout of healthcare workers was 77 per cent, at around 5,005. This was less than the response the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) received last Friday and Saturday. However, on Sunday night, the BMC itself had decided to not call all the 9,550 health care workers on its list and called 6,500 instead. Officials said the number will increase on Wednesday.

On Monday, the 10 vaccination centres functioned with 65 booths. Bharatratna Dr Ambedkar Municipal General Hospital at Kandivli, inoculated the most, 860 odd health workers. The progressive total of the inoculation of health workers is about 18,202 so far. On Monday at least 10 recipients reported adverse effects and were kept under observation for 30 minutes and then discharged.