"Owing to non-availability of vaccine stock, no vaccination will be conducted at any Govt/BMC/Pvt CVC for the next 3 days (30 Apr-2 May)," BMC said in a tweet.
A closed vaccination centre in Mumbai | Pic/Satej Shinde
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, on Thursday, announced that owing to unavailability of adequate vaccine stock, the vaccination drive in the city will not be conducted from April 30-May 2. Planned vaccination of citizens aged 18 years and above is also likely to start late.
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— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) April 29, 2021
Owing to non-availability of vaccine stock, no vaccination will be conducted at any Govt/BMC/Pvt CVC for the next 3 days (30 Apr-2 May)
All efforts are being made to make more stock available & resume the drive
We urge Mumbaikars to cooperate with BMC https://t.co/sqqp1m7daE
Earlier, the BMC had notified that for the Phase 3 of the vaccination drive which allows everyone above 18 years to get inoculated, the available stock will be distributed only to the government and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) Covid Vaccination Centres and not be distributed to any private vaccination centres.
A vaccination centre in Mumbai | Pic/Sameer Abedi
The city has been witnessing shortage of vaccine from quite some time now with Mumbaikars standing in long queues outside vaccination centres in scorching heat and humidity only to be left disappointed.
Several people had earlier complained that at some of the 75 functional centres out of the total 135 in Mumbai, the vaccine stock got over within a couple of hours after the process began in the morning.
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