Covid-19 vaccination begins in Mumbai amid police vigil and photo-ops

4,000 health workers to be vaccinated on Saturday

Vaccination drive began in Mumbai an hour after the nationwide kick-off with two doctors receiving the first jabs in the presence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday.

Vaccination in the city is being carried out at nine centres and over 4,000 frontline staff will get the dose on the first day. Those include doctors, nurses and hospital staff.

While the police maintained a tight vigil at the centres, elected representatives and local politicians made an appearance for a photo-op with doctors and nurses.

The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had made preparations for a smooth roll-out but there were some