Mumbai: BMC Commissioner Iqbal Chahal said that vaccination work and civil data showed that 96% of the 1,900 strange patients on the oxygen bed in Mumbai had not taken a dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
Meanwhile, BMC has decided that it is not like the first and second waves where the participation is a benchmark to impose locking or limits, in the third wave of further sidewalks will be charged only if there is a high level of hospitalization and increase in the use of oxygen.
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“Ninety-six percent of patients received in oxygen beds in 186 Mumbai Hospital were not vaccinated.
Otherwise we have seen so far a vaccinated person does not reach an icus.
We have 21 stock vaccines available with us.
Current obstacles In ensuring the entire population of adults vaccinated is a gap 84 days needed between two doses.
Today is also, the percentage of vaccination we are the best in India, “Chahal said in a TV interview.
He said people should not think of omicrons as flu, adding if it was not vaccinated it could certainly take an infected person to the ICU.
BMC has given a dose to more than one crore of people in Mumbai while almost 90 lakh has received one vaccine shot.
Chahal also reaffirms further restrictions will be imposed in the third wave only if there is an inpatient burden and the use of oxygen increases steeply.
In Covid’s death, Chahal said they were in control with 19 deaths in the last 16 days.
“Even though Mumbai has one active lakh case at this time, only 10 tons of oxygen used.”
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