The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday announced that the city of Mumbai become the first city in the country to achieve 100 per cent vaccination of adults.
Mumbai, the city that never sleeps once came to standstill after the pandemic broke out. However it seems like the city is fully back to its track.
As per BMC officials, Mumbai has vaccinated it's entire adult population of 92.39 lakh people with both doses.
"It is really a proud moment for us. Initially, we experienced lukewarm responses (to vaccination) but gradually it peaked up. Now, we have over 350 vaccination centres where we also roped in retired nurses for vaccination," said BMC Additional Commissioner Suresh Kakani.
On March 11, 2020, the city reported its first case of COVID-19. In the two years gone by, the city has seen over a million cases and more than 19,000 deaths.
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