10 May,2021 05:15 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
The protesting staff of the NESCO Jumbo Covid-19 Centre
The BMC will continue the vaccination drive for those over 45 years on Monday in one shift from 12.00 pm to 5.00 pm like on Sunday. While various centers have complained that there is a shortage of doses, the civic body is expecting more doses in the coming few days. The BMC has also decided to add two more centers to the list for those aged between 18-44.
On Sunday there were 19,631 beneficiaries who were vaccinated at various centers. There was one adverse effect reported on Sunday. The city has so far inoculated 27 lakh beneficiaries, out of which 6.47 lakh have been administered both the doses.
The turnout of senior citizens was 7,052, while those of people aged 45 and above was 7,727. Hardly 564 health care workers were administered the vaccine, while 999 front line workers received it. There were 3,289 beneficiaries between ages 18-44.
On Sunday there was chaos for a while at the NESCO compound at Goregaon as its staff protested against the management. The nurses and doctors said they did not have proper accomodation or food and water at the place they had been put up at. A nurse said, "The basic needs of shelter, food and water are not provided. One of the employees recently caught Covid-19 and her salary was cut, this is so unfair. We are just demanding basic necessities which we were promised last year but are still not provided."
