Mumbai 5 179 health workers get vaccines 1 more site opens

    Mumbai, Jan 27 (PTI) As many as 5,179 of the targeted
7,700 healthcare workers were administered COVID-19 vaccine
shots at 11 centres in Mumbai on Wednesday, the city civic
body said.
    The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official
said out of 7,700 targeted healthcare workers selected for
vaccination, only 68 per cent (5,179) were inoculated.
    With this, the tally of healthcare workers vaccinated
against coronavirus so far in Mumbai rose to 23,399, the BMC
said.
    The BMC opened its 11th vaccination centre, at Seven
Hills Hospital in western suburbs, on Wednesday.
    According to civic sources, 376 doses of 'Covishield',
the vaccine manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of
India (SII), was administered to healthcare workers at the new
centre on the first day.
    According to the BMC official, the highest 829
healthcare workers were given vaccines at Dr Babasaheb
Ambedkar Hospitalfollowed by 783 at Rajawadi Hospital and 679
at KEM Hospital, among other medical facilities.
    The lowest number of 18 doses of "Covaxin", the
vaccine developed and manufactured by Hyderabad-based Bharat
Biotech, were administered at state-run J J Hospital, he said.
    Barring J J Hospital, at all other vaccination sites,
Covishield is being administered to healthcare workers.
    The official said of the 23,399 healthcare workers
inoculated so far, 23,236 were given Covishield and the rest
Covaxin.
    BMC officials said they have increased the number of
vaccination booths to 77 from 65 earlier, this week.
    In Mumbai, over 1.30 lakh healthcare workers have
registered themselves for vaccination, that started from
January 16, through Co-WIN, the IT platform developed by the
Union government to implement and manage the inoculation
process. PTI KK
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