Bengaluru records increase in vaccinations

This coincides with detection of new variant of coronavirus

The past few days have seen an uptick in the number of people queuing up outside urban primary health centres (UPHCs) to get vaccinated against COVID-19. It coincides with the detection of the coronavirus variant, Omicron, in Bengaluru as well as the government’s new rules barring those who are not fully vaccinated from theatres and malls, and their children from physically attending schools.

Going by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) own accounts, from around 30,000 to 35,000 vaccinations a day, the numbers have gone up to 70,000.