Mumbai: BMC issues guidelines for vaccination drives at housing societies, offices

Amid various covid vaccination scam coming to light, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued additional guidelines and stated that vaccination at housing societies and workplaces will only be conducted by private vaccination centres registered on CoWIN portal, an official said on Friday.

BMC also issued a list of around 95 private vaccination centres in the city registered on CoWIN portal and contact details of ward-level war rooms.

Check out the guidelines below:  

• Vaccination at workplaces and housing societies will be carried out by registered private COVID-19 vaccination centres only
• Managements of offices and housing societies will have to ensure that these centres are registered on CoWIN by contacting the local authority.
• Office and housing society managements will have to designate a person to work as a "nodal officer" and coordinate with private vaccination centres and support vaccination activities.
• The nodal officer will oversee and facilitate all aspects of vaccination such as registration of beneficiaries, availability of physical and IT infrastructure and oversee vaccination etc.
• Nodal officer will have to ensure that an MoU is signed by secretary of housing society and registered private vaccination centre, and the details about the date of vaccination has to be displayed on the notice board of the society. 
• Housing societies will have to inform their respective medical officer and local police station about the vaccination camps at least three days in advance.
• Nodal officer of private vaccination centres will have to ensure that all beneficiaries get a link of digital certificates, while the health department team will also conduct random surprise visits to vaccination sites.