Mumbai is running out of vaccine doses: Mayor Kishori Pednekar urges Centre to step up supplies immediately

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Wednesday said that the maximum city is running out of vaccine doses and urged the Centre to send supplies immediately for inoculation of citizens in Mumbai.

Pednekar said that the maximum City had only 1.76 lakh does of Covishield till Tuesday afternoon.

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The Mayor further added that CM Uddhav Thackeray, Health Minister Rajesh Tope and other opposition leaders should also ask for adequate vaccine doses for Maharashtra .

Pednekar pointed out that if there is a shortage of vaccines, people will not be able to get the second dose which is mandatory for building strong immunity against the virus.

“It is necessary that the Union government makes vaccines available for people,” Pednekar said.

Mumbai has been hit hard by the second wave of coronavirus and recorded 10,030 positive cases on Tuesday. 31 more patients died due to the infection.

According to information by BMC, 14,61,922 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Mumbai till April 6.

Mumbai is witnessing a sudden surge in cases and the state government has imposed a slew of restrictions to curb the cases

(With inputs from Agencies)

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