Experts around the world have asked the nations to focus on vaccinating every citizen in the country as it is considered to be one of the most effective measures to control the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). For the last few months, people across India are being vaccinated with either Covishield, Covaxin or Sputnik V, and the state of Maharashtra is currently leading in terms of vaccination as large number of citizens in the state have been vaccinated.
However, due to the ongoing shortage of vaccines, several centres across the state were not able to administer the same, in a timely manner. Reports state that the issue related to the unavailability of vaccines has been expressed repeatedly and frequent stock is expected from the center, but it is not being received as anticipated. Owing to this, the vaccination drive across several parts of Maharashtra was cancelled and centres remained closed on Friday, July 9, 2021.
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Data revealed by the state health department revealed that only 45,000 people were vaccinated on Thursday, July 8, 2021. Besides this, BMC data showed that only 15,000 citizens in Mumbai were administered the doses, and many had to return home without a vaccine. On the other hand, centres were shut on Friday.
The first vaccination drive in the financial capital started on January 16, 2021, and so far over 59 lakh citizens have been vaccinated. The shortage of vaccine was noted since the last few days and the centres were said to be operating running smoothly until then, whereby over one lakh people were being vaccinated every day.
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Reports further state that the above-mentioned citizens were vaccinated at 283 centers operated by the civic body. Besides this, 28,000 people were vaccinated at private hospitals and other vaccination centers.
Considering the current scenario, the vaccination centres may not reopen for the next two days and the campaign shall resume only once the stock is available, said the municipal administration.
Meanwhile, the city of Mumbai reported a total of 540 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, July 8, 2021. More than 600 patients recovered from the infection and were given a discharge, while 13 patients passed away due to COVID-19. As of now, over 7.1 lakh patients have been cured in Mumbai and over 15,000 patients have died. The COVID-19 recovery rate in Mumbai stands at 96 per cent and the growth rate has come down to 0.08 per cent. Furthermore, the doubling rate has also increased to 858 days.
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