Vaccination only for women today as BMC tries to correct male skew

MUMBAI: The city’s public vaccination centres will only immunise women on Friday from 10.30am to 6.30pm, in a special drive planned to bridge the widening gender disparity. The hours have been tweaked to allow more women to walk in.
“Women may be overwhelmed at times by the crowd. We have planned this special drive so that they feel comfortable to walk in,” said BMC additional commissioner Suresh Kakani.In Mumbai, 16.6lakh fewer doses have been administered to women.
The state crossed 7 crore vaccinations on Thursday. In all, 6.5 lakh doses were given, incuding 90,761 in Mumbai.