Mumbai civic body to set up at least one drive-in vaccination centres in every administrative zone. Even though Maharashtra tops the chart in the number of individuals receiving the double doses of COVID-19 vaccines, the inoculation has slowed down over the past week. Despite the shortage of vaccines, the overcrowding at vaccination centres in urban areas of the State, especially Mumbai and Thane, has triggered the fear of these centres turning into hotspots for COVID-19 infection. On April 26, Maharashtra recorded the highest number of vaccine doses administered, at 5,34,228. After Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope announced that the State was receiving more vaccine doses, the number of individuals getting the jabs has increased in the last two days.

Source: The Hindu May 06, 2021 18:24 UTC