Mumbai: Vaccination Centre run by BMC to remain shut today

Mumbai's civic Body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, has announced that the vaccination centres in run by it will remain shut today. It added that the details related to Monday's vaccination will be shared by the civic body via micro-blogging site Twitter on Monday.

"Dear Mumbaikars. There will be no vaccination at any of the centres tomorrow. Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday. The details for Monday will be shared tomorrow by this handle & the respective wards too," the civic body said in a tweet.

It should be noted that the vaccination drive is being stopped as Sunday has accounted for a holiday and not due to the scarcity of the vaccination.

It is on account of being Sunday," the civic body's additional commissioner Suresh Kakani said.

In neighbouring Pune, vaccination centres were shut on Saturday due to shortage of doses, the city's Mayor Murlidhar Mohol said.

"Vaccination will not be done on May 22 at all vaccination centers in Pune Municipal corporation area due to shortage of vaccine stock," he tweeted in Marathi.

Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced that vaccination drive for the age group of 18-44 will be halted in the National Capital due to the shortage of doses. He said that the city will resume vaccination once it receives vaccine stock from the Centre.

The Delhi CM further said that that to meet the demand, Delhi needs as many as 80 lakh doses of vaccines per month. However, in the month of June, the Centre has only agreed to provide 8 lakh doses of the vaccines.

India, having been started its inoculation drive on Jan 16, has only vaccinated around 2.9 per cent of its population.