Mumbai: Nine Jumbo BMC Facilities will join a double as a vaccination center for 9.2 lakh children in the age group 15-18 from Monday.
The center, spread from Worli to Mulund, will try to vaccinate at least 500 children every day.
“We have decided to allow the promise to walk because we found that people feel less complicated than booking slots,” said the commissioner of the Municipality of Suresh Kakani.
At present, only Covaxin is available for pediatric drives, which began almost a year after Vaccination Covid Mass India began on January 16, 2020.
While free general drives will begin by the Minister of Environment Aditya Thackeray at the Covid Jumbo BKC center, not all private hospitals tend Start pediatric vaccination on Monday.
The private sector will offer vaccines up to 1,200 per fire.
“We will offer vaccines for the age group and hope to start so we get our Covaxin supply,” said an official from a private hospital in South Mumbai.
Regarding a public trip, Kakani said, “We started with Jumbo centers in the first week and, assessing responses, making vaccinations available in college and school.” He said if needed, BMC will start a pediatric drive in all vaccination centers too.
The city has more than 400 vaccine centers in private and public centers.
State immunization officials said that 650 centers have been set across the country to vaccinate at the age of 60 lakh in the age group 15-18.
Nine BMC centers are: Jumbo Facilities at the Richardson Crudas Factory in Byculla, Jumbo in Somaiya Maidan in Sion, which is in NSCI Dome in Worli, Nesco Center in Goregaon (East) and other Jumbos in Bandra-Kurla Complex, Malad, and Mulund (West ).
BMC has also arranged free vaccination at Train Hospital Dr.
Babasaheb Ambedkar in Parel where the kids train employees can be vaccinated.
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has established 25 vaccination teams that will include schools and colleges.
Initially, 50% of city schools and 50% private schools would be selected for drives.