Mumbai: BMC says vaccine shortage due to 'inadequate supply from Centre'

All centres should be up and vaccinating soon. We regret the inconvenience and we shall keep you updated, BMC said in a tweet

Mumbai's civic body on Friday said some of the vaccination-centres are short of vaccines due to non-receipt of stocks from the union government.

As many as 75 of the 120 vaccination centres across Mumbai, including a jumbo Covid-19 facility in business district BKC, suspended inoculation on Friday morning due to a shortage of doses, according to a PTI report.

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar had said earlier that due to a shortage of doses, the vaccination drive will come to halt at all centres in Mumbai from Friday, and sought immediate supplies to replenish the existing stock.

The remaining centres are likely to