In Maharashtra, 29 private hospitals in Mumbai have been given permissions to carry out COVID vaccination in addition to BMC centres. This was informed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on its twitter handle.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">According to BMC, these 29 hospitals fulfil all criteria prescribed by GoI to be designated as COVID Vaccination Centre. The decision was taken to increase the speed of the vaccination drive as long queues were seen outside the designated vaccination centres in Mumbai and number of beneficiaries had to wait long to get the dose of the Covid-19 vaccine yesterday.</span><br />