A total of 10,698 booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered on the first day of the drive at Mumbai on Monday, the city civic body reported this morning.
The beneficiaries included health workers, frontline workers and the people of 60 years and above with comorbidities as per the directions of the Central and Maharashtra governments, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. Out of the total 10,698 doses, 5,249 were administered to health workers, 1,823 to frontline workers and 3,626 to the citizens above 60 years with comorbidities, it said.
"Third dose of COVAXIN holds promise," tweeted ICMR a day ago.
It is not just India, several parts of the globe have begun administering booster or precautionary shots of the COVID-19 vaccines to their citizens.
Take a look at how Twitterati reacted, right here:
