On Wednesday 59 per cent of health workers were vaccinated. The Jaslok, Hiranandani and HN Reliance hospitals have been involved in this drive.

Suresh Kakani, additional municipal commissioner said, “We are taking all the necessary efforts  to engage even private practitioners and i have instructed staff to hold a dialogue and arrange meetings with all the operators of private hospitals and increase the number of health care workers getting inoculated.”

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A total number of 1,34,025 beneficiaries have been inoculated so far. The BMC had expected  8,775 health and frontline workers to come, out of which 8,400 turned up – 96 per cent of the turnout. 

There were 3 cases of adverse effects but as they were minor, they were allowed to go after observation. The number of health workers vaccinated on Wednesday was 1,767 out of which 393 were given the second dose. The number of frontline workers vaccinated was 6,633 and this is over the 5,775 expected.