The Mumbai police have stepped up efforts to get all city cops vaccinated without any delay. Despite being frontline workers, over 5,000 policemen are still to receive Covid-19 vaccines. So far, about 87 per cent of the force have got at least one dose.

The Mumbai police commissioner has asked senior officers to encourage the remaining policemen to take the shot. Of the 42,000 cops in the city, officers said, 36,657 have been administered the vaccine. Fully vaccinated cops in Mumbai number at 26,891, said city police spokesperson DCP S Chaitanya.