COVID-19: Mumbai’s First Drive-in Vaccination Centre Opens in Dadar

In a first of its kind, Mumbai City gets its first drive-in vaccination centre. The facility will be available for physically challenged and senior citizens. They can get vaccinated in the comfort of the cars. The first drive-in vaccination center was inaugurated at 9:30 am on Tuesday by Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale. It is set in Dadar West at the Kohinoor public parking centre.

Kohinoor has the facility of vaccinating 5,000 people on a daily basis. Of them, 200 will be able to drive in to take the jabs.

Mumbai: Drive-in COVID19 vaccination centre established at BMC’s Kohinoor public parking, Dadar

“Similar facilities will be set up at other multipurpose parking sites by BMC,” says Shiv Sena leader Rahul Shewale pic.twitter.com/EPUKV7xCdT

— ANI (@ANI) May 4, 2021

Kiran Dighavkar, the additional municipal commissioner, told CNN-News 18, “It is a large parking lot. There was demand for home vaccination since many people are not able to stand in a queue. They will now get jabbed in their own vehicles. They can also spend 30 minutes mandatory waiting period in their cars. Those who use the facility will only have to pay the relevant parking charges.”

Mumbai get it’s FIRST drive-in vaccination centre in #Dadar West at the Kohinoor public parking centre today. Facility is avl for the physically challenged and senior citizens.

The same premises were used for drive-in testing by the @mybmc last year. #MahaVaccination 💉#Mumbai pic.twitter.com/KuFr6RcS2R

— Aditya Rajput (@RajputAditya_95) May 4, 2021

The government has said that People should not visit vaccination centers without registering themselves through Co-WIN app or portal first.

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