12 May,2021 09:31 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
People wait for their turn to get vaccination | Pic/Bipin Kokate
A day after Maharashtra government decided to divert available vaccine stocks to give the second dose to 45+ beneficiaries; the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) shared a list of active vaccination centres on May 12 for 45+s and 18-44s, "strictly on the basis of bookings."
"List of centres administering vaccines to 45+s and 18-44s , strictly on the basis of bookings. Walk-in allowed only for HCW, FLW as well as Mumbaikars due for second dose of #covaxin. More centres may be added - so keep checking https://cowin.gov.in," it said in a tweet.
It is to be noted that Covaxin is only available for beneficiaries pending for their second dose upon producing the certificate of the first dose. Also, as per BMC's tweet, Covaxin will be available in the said centres only after 12 noon.
About 50 per cent (7.16 lakh) of the 16.28 lakh citizens above 45 years of age, who have received the first dose of vaccines, will need the second dose within the next two weeks. Of these, 2.75 lakh people have already completed the six-week gap required between the two doses.
To ensure that the beneficiaries get their second doses on time, the city needs to administer at least 30,000-35,000 second doses daily in the next three weeks as against the 15,000 given daily in the last 10 days. While there are an estimated 40 lakh citizens above the age of 45 years, less than 40 per cent of them (16.28 lakh) has received the first dose till May 9. But only 4.27 lakh of them have been lucky to get the second dose.
Vaccination of 45+ as of May 9
>> Citizens who got the first dose: 16,28,464
>> Citizens who got both doses: 4,27,551
>> Citizens who got the first dose six weeks back (before April 1): 2,74,997
>> Citizens who got the first dose four weeks back (before April 12): 7,16,912
(With inputs from Prajakta Kasale)
