Evincing its keenness to buy vaccines from the open market, the BMC on Wednesday released an expression of interest for 1 crore doses. The move comes amid an acute shortage of shots across vaccination centres in Mumbai.

As per the EoI, the civic body has called for manufacturers and distributors to come forward with their offers in the next six days. The bids will be opened on May 18 and the suppliers will have to provide the doses within 3 weeks of receiving a work order.