The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) may have issued an advisory about vaccination centres giving preference to second doses of the vaccine, but the number of citizens waiting for the first dose is so high that this cannot be executed on the ground. The number of people coming for their second doses at private centres is also low compared to people seeking their first dose.

In August, more than 11 lakh citizens are eligible for the second dose of the vaccines. But only 4.4 lakh have received it, with just one more week left. Of these, 2.25 lakh have taken the second dose at public centres. The centres gave the first dose to more than 4.85 lakh people, though the BMC declared that they could reserve 70 per cent of the vaccines for second doses at the beginning of the month.