<p>Mumbai received over 1.39 lakh doses of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) early Wednesday morning, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.</p>.<p>This first batch of doses will be delivered across the city at designated vaccination centers for the inoculation drive set to begin on January 16, the BMC said in a statement.</p>.<p>The civic body said it received 1,39,500 doses of the Covishield vaccine from the SII around 5.30 am.</p>.<p>Health department staffers of the BMC brought the vaccines from neighbouring Pune under the security of two police vehicles, it said.</p>.<p>"The vaccine doses are being stored at a facility in F-South ward office situated in Parel," it stated.</p>.<p>The civic body has also created a centralised cold storage facility for vaccines in Kanjurmarg.</p>.<p>Nearly 1.30 lakh health workers from Mumbai have so far registered for vaccination, according to BMC officials.</p>.<p>Mumbai will have 72 inoculation centres, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said in a release on Tuesday.</p>.<p>A minimum of 100 people will be vaccinated against Covid-19 at a single centre which will have a team of five personnel who will verify the SMS sent to the person to be inoculated, her or his identity and administer the vaccine.</p>.<p>"The necessary arrangement of electricity, Internet and webcasting service has been made at all these centres," Tope said in the release.</p>.<p>A massive pan-India inoculation drive against Covid-19 has been set in process with more than 56 lakh doses of the Covishield vaccine leaving Pune for 13 cities across India on Tuesday.</p>.<p>With the addition of 473 fresh cases on Tuesday, Mumbai's cumulative Covid-19 count has reached 2,99,796, while the death toll has gone up to 11,202, as per official figures.</p>
<p>Mumbai received over 1.39 lakh doses of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) early Wednesday morning, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.</p>.<p>This first batch of doses will be delivered across the city at designated vaccination centers for the inoculation drive set to begin on January 16, the BMC said in a statement.</p>.<p>The civic body said it received 1,39,500 doses of the Covishield vaccine from the SII around 5.30 am.</p>.<p>Health department staffers of the BMC brought the vaccines from neighbouring Pune under the security of two police vehicles, it said.</p>.<p>"The vaccine doses are being stored at a facility in F-South ward office situated in Parel," it stated.</p>.<p>The civic body has also created a centralised cold storage facility for vaccines in Kanjurmarg.</p>.<p>Nearly 1.30 lakh health workers from Mumbai have so far registered for vaccination, according to BMC officials.</p>.<p>Mumbai will have 72 inoculation centres, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said in a release on Tuesday.</p>.<p>A minimum of 100 people will be vaccinated against Covid-19 at a single centre which will have a team of five personnel who will verify the SMS sent to the person to be inoculated, her or his identity and administer the vaccine.</p>.<p>"The necessary arrangement of electricity, Internet and webcasting service has been made at all these centres," Tope said in the release.</p>.<p>A massive pan-India inoculation drive against Covid-19 has been set in process with more than 56 lakh doses of the Covishield vaccine leaving Pune for 13 cities across India on Tuesday.</p>.<p>With the addition of 473 fresh cases on Tuesday, Mumbai's cumulative Covid-19 count has reached 2,99,796, while the death toll has gone up to 11,202, as per official figures.</p>