Mumbai: After a lot of complaints about the inconsistency of timing to order an online slot for vaccination, BMC said on Wednesday that the slot announcement will be held at 5:30 a.m.
on social media.
The time of vaccination center has also been repaired from 9am to 5pm, although the centers that might want tolon longer will have the freedom to do it.
BMC received a covid vaccine dose 1.79lakh on Wednesday.
Support City Commissioner Suresh Kakani said the city received 1.79 doses of lakh covishield, which would help maintain momentum for several days.
City on Wednesday vaccinated 57,362 people.
So far, 69,66,930 doses have been given in the city.
TimesviewVaccination through Walk-in continues to be a problem in the city.
It has been more than six months since vaccination begins, but the serpentine queue is general vision.
While BMC often blames the lack of doses for density and waiting long in vaccination centers, efforts must be made to develop a more efficient system.
Kakan said the special drive would raise coverage in the slums.
“Special camps will be arranged in a slum bag, where registration will be carried out in place next week.
50% online vaccination and 50% through a walk-in is not possible to apply in slums because not everyone has access to cellphones or internet, “He said.
In Mumbai, nearly 17 lakh people were fully vaccinated while 36.14 lakh people had received the first dose.
The city has an estimate of an adult population of 93 lakh.
Some corporations and NGOs have been tied with private hospitals to vaccinate people living in slums.
The Jaslok Hospital has tied Upwith Citi Bank to vaccinate people who live in Dharavi.
GoDrej Hospital also plans to start the CSR drive.
Announcements about timings were made given that hundreds continued to queue outside the center-center hours before this open.
The slot announcement will be done via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, BMC said.
Mumbaikars said the walk-in continued to fall apart because there was a limited slot.
People are forced to queue from 5am and 6 in the morning because there are limited coupons.
Each center has 100-200 slots, where doses are reserved for walk-in and online.
The slot is then divided between the first and second dose recipients.
RN Cooper, Juhu, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Kandivli, Rajawadi, Ghatkopar and byl Nair, Mumbai Central, have been managed on each dose of each.