Mumbai battles second Covid-19 wave: Oxygen containers arrive from Qatar

Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said that BMC will issue global tenders to procure around five million Covid-19 vaccines to administer free jabs to all Mumbaikars. Indian Naval Ship Trikand on Monday transported 40 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen to Mumbai from Qatar.(All photos: mid-day photographers)

Updated On: 2021-05-11 12:44 PM IST

Mumbai battles second Covid-19 wave as medical oxygen containers arrive from Qatar

As Mumbai continues to battle the second wave of Covid-19, many vaccination centres across the city did not administer Covaxin for the second consecutive day on Monday due to the lack of stock. Photo: Sameer Markande

This Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday, had released a list of 105 vaccination centres that would be functional on Monday but informed that these would be administering only the Covishield vaccine. On Sunday also, the BMC could not administer Covaxin to the beneficiaries due to the unavailability of the vaccine.

In picture: People stand in a queue to get vaccinated at a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Kandivli. Photo: Satej Shinde

A man walks past a notice 'Vaccine is over' near Goregaon's MCGM NESCO Jumbo Covid-19 facility. Photo: Satej Shinde

Amid the vaccine shortage in the city, Indian Naval Ship Trikand on Monday transported 40 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) cryogenic containers at Mumbai from Hamad Port, Qatar as part of Operation Samudra Setu II. Photo: Pradeep Dhivar

INS Trikand reached Qatar on May 5 and arrived in Mumbai on May 10 with 40 MT liquid oxygen. Photo: Pradeep Dhivar

On Monday, Mumbai recorded a steep drop in new coronavirus cases at 1,794, the lowest single-day count in nearly two months, while 74 patients succumbed to the infection. According to the civic body, Mumbai has 87 active containment zones in slums and "chawls" (old row tenements), while 493 buildings have been sealed after a certain number of their residents tested positive for coronavirus. Photo: Satej Shinde

Dharavi - Asia's largest slum also reported nine new Covid-19 infections on Monday, its single-digit case count after two months. 

In picture: A healthcare worker checks an appointment in the CoWin application at a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Kandivli. Photo: Satej Shinde

In picture: BMC workers remove illegal posters put on a signboard at Western Express Highway in Kandivli amid lockdown-like curfew in Mumbai. Photo: Satej Shinde

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