Mumbai Vaccination Drive

A total of 15,000 stray dogs will be vaccinated in Mumbai during a 10-day drive to make the metropolis rabies free, a civic official said on Friday.

The Mumbai civic body on Friday said it would focus on rigorously implementing the vaccination drive amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in some countries, believed to be fuelled by the BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron.

India reported 58,097 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 55 per cent higher than yesterday's 37,379 cases. The government has been continuously speeding up vaccination drive across the country.

Vaccination against COVID-19 at the centres run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and Maharashtra government in Mumbai will remain suspended on Friday, a senior civic official said.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation told Bombay High Court it does not apprehend a third wave of the COVID-19 in the city as the vaccination drive is going on smoothly, with over 42 lakh fully vaccinated and over 82 lakh having got the 1st dose.

In a reply to a petition in Bombay High Court in the matter of door-to-door vaccination drive for bed-ridden people, the BMC on Thursday informed the court that of the 4,889 people who registered for the campaign, 1,317 were vaccinated till August 9.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said it will begin home vaccination of bed-ridden people in Mumbai against coronavirus on a trial basis from today.

The Mumbai civic body has organised a special drive to vaccinate pregnant women against COVID-19. Starting tomorrow they will be offered a Covid vaccine at one of 35 centres across the city, at which staff have been given special training for this.

With India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossing 38 crores, Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale on Saturday said that the party has planned to vaccinate 100 per cent population of Dharavi in the next 2-3 months.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has told the Bombay High Court that it has formulated draft guidelines to prevent fake vaccination camps at private housing societies, offices, educational institutions and other premises.

People in Mumbai expressed unhappiness over the suspension of the Covid vaccine drive at civic and government-run centres on Thursday due to shortage of vaccines doses, and raised questions over the management of the inoculation programme.

A doctor, wanted in connection with a "bogus" vaccination drive in suburban Mumbai's Kandivali, surrendered before the police today, a day after a sessions court rejected his anticipatory bail application, an official said.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to form a policy on an "SOS basis" to avoid incidents of frauds or fake vaccination drives.

Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray has reacted sharply against the alleged fraudulent Covid vaccination drive scam at Hiranandani Heritage Club in Mumbai's Kandivali, stating that housing societies should take NOCs from BMC.

A housing society in Mumbai's Kandivali area has complained to police that it was apparently cheated by some persons who organized a COVID-19 vaccination camp for its members by claiming to represent a private hospital, and the vaccine that was admin

A total of 15,000 stray dogs will be vaccinated in Mumbai during a 10-day drive to make the metropolis rabies free, a civic official said on Friday.

The Mumbai civic body on Friday said it would focus on rigorously implementing the vaccination drive amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in some countries, believed to be fuelled by the BF.7 sub-variant of Omicron.

India reported 58,097 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 55 per cent higher than yesterday's 37,379 cases. The government has been continuously speeding up vaccination drive across the country.

Vaccination against COVID-19 at the centres run by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and Maharashtra government in Mumbai will remain suspended on Friday, a senior civic official said.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation told Bombay High Court it does not apprehend a third wave of the COVID-19 in the city as the vaccination drive is going on smoothly, with over 42 lakh fully vaccinated and over 82 lakh having got the 1st dose.

In a reply to a petition in Bombay High Court in the matter of door-to-door vaccination drive for bed-ridden people, the BMC on Thursday informed the court that of the 4,889 people who registered for the campaign, 1,317 were vaccinated till August 9.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said it will begin home vaccination of bed-ridden people in Mumbai against coronavirus on a trial basis from today.

The Mumbai civic body has organised a special drive to vaccinate pregnant women against COVID-19. Starting tomorrow they will be offered a Covid vaccine at one of 35 centres across the city, at which staff have been given special training for this.

With India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossing 38 crores, Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale on Saturday said that the party has planned to vaccinate 100 per cent population of Dharavi in the next 2-3 months.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has told the Bombay High Court that it has formulated draft guidelines to prevent fake vaccination camps at private housing societies, offices, educational institutions and other premises.

People in Mumbai expressed unhappiness over the suspension of the Covid vaccine drive at civic and government-run centres on Thursday due to shortage of vaccines doses, and raised questions over the management of the inoculation programme.

A doctor, wanted in connection with a "bogus" vaccination drive in suburban Mumbai's Kandivali, surrendered before the police today, a day after a sessions court rejected his anticipatory bail application, an official said.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to form a policy on an "SOS basis" to avoid incidents of frauds or fake vaccination drives.

Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray has reacted sharply against the alleged fraudulent Covid vaccination drive scam at Hiranandani Heritage Club in Mumbai's Kandivali, stating that housing societies should take NOCs from BMC.

A housing society in Mumbai's Kandivali area has complained to police that it was apparently cheated by some persons who organized a COVID-19 vaccination camp for its members by claiming to represent a private hospital, and the vaccine that was admin