Mumbai: The center of public vaccination in the city will only provide a second dose on Thursday.
On Tuesday, the city received three doses of lakh from the state, the highest stage he had ever got.
The additional city commissioner Suresh Kakani said about 2.5 lakh people were waiting for their second dose in the city.
The first special drive to vaccinate only the second dose recipient was held on Saturday, which received a good response as 1.79 lakh recipients who were vaccinated.
“In the last estimation taken, there were 2.66 lakh people waiting for their second dose, where we discussed 1.79 lakh,” he said.
Kakani said the second dose was given a priority to prevent hospitalization and death must be a third wave.
Of the three doses of lakh received from the state on Tuesday, 2.95 lakh is a covishield.
Dosage insufficiency caused vaccination down on Tuesday.
After the record of Monday 1.72 lakh doses, the number dropped to 66.201 on Tuesday.
Vaccinating countries 5,63,954 people on Tuesday.