The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will conduct a Covid-19 vaccination drive only for women on Friday in a move to reduce gender disparity in immunisation and vaccine hesitancy among women. “All women can walk into the centres for their dose, online registration will be closed,” stated the BMC. The move comes after the state government asked nine districts, including Mumbai and Pune, to improve vaccination among women. Last week, in order to meet the administrative and technical requirements including planning of special vaccination campaigns, the civic body had suspended the drive for a day. To get the maximum number of citizens immunised, BMC continues to conduct special vaccination drives for lactating mothers, pregnant women, those who are bedridden and citizens without identity proof.

Source: Indian Express September 16, 2021 16:56 UTC