Schools and religious gatherings have worked as super spreaders Speaking on the topic of school reopening, he said, “It is globally proven that schools and religious gatherings have worked as super spreaders of the novel coronavirus infection. "The US prematurely reopened schools and (now) it is not just reporting higher number of cases, but deaths are also increasing there." Dr Joshi said Maharashtra does not have enough doses of coronavirus vaccines. “Our aim to give both the doses of vaccines against COVID-19 to maximum (adult) population. (More) relaxations in Mumbai could be introduced after its 70 per cent population is covered," he said.