New Delhi: Stating that over 42 lakh of people have been fully vaccinated the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation told the Bombay High Court on Monday that it does not apprehend a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city.
The BMC said that the vaccination drive was going smoothly and that over 82 lakhs have received at least one dose.
'The work is on. It is going on smoothly. Now, there is no shortage of vaccines too. Mumbai is safe. We do not see a third wave (of the COVID-19) coming', Sakhare was quoted as saying by PTI.
The report said that the bench consisting of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni was hearing a PIL filed by advocates Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari earlier this year, seeking a direction to both the Union and Maharashtra governments to begin door-to-door vaccination for senior citizens aged 75 and above, specially-abled people and those who are bed-ridden.
The plea said such people would not be in a position to step out of their houses to go to the vaccination centres and be inoculated.
Though the Union government has earlier said that it will not be able to start door-to-door vaccination initially, but approved the move last month. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government in August said it would initiate the drive and had started door-to-door vaccination of bed-ridden people as a pilot project.
According to the report, BMC counsel Anil Sakhare told the HC that 2,586 bed-ridden people have so far been administered both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine while 3,942 such people have got the first jab.