The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has said it will begin home vaccination of bed-ridden people in the city against the coronavirus on an experimental basis from Friday.

The initiative will be rolled out first in the K-east administrative ward covering the western suburbs of Andheri East, Marol, Chakala and others, it said.

In a statement issued on Thursday afternoon, the BMC said citizens bed-ridden due to various physical or medical reasons would be vaccinated under the drive from July 30.

They will be administered Covaxin doses and the vaccination process will be carried out in the presence of experts, wherein all necessary precautions will be undertaken.

The civic body said there was a demand for home vaccination of citizens who are bed-ridden and unable to visit the inoculation centres.

It added that the medical certificate stating that the person who is to be vaccinated will have to remain bed-ridden for at least the next six months was required to be submitted to the administration along with the consent of that person or a relative.