Maharashtra govt plans special vax drive for college students from October 25
Representative Image. MUMBAI: The state government has announced a special-focus immunisation drive for eligible students across college campuses.
The drive, Mission Yuva Swasth Abhiyaan, jointly organised by the health department and the higher and technical education department, will be conducted between October 25 and November 2, just before Diwali sets in.
“We have asked all principals for a list of students who are yet to be vaccinated. The health department in turn will make doses available for the drive,” said Tope. This is the second such special drive organised by the state; earlier, the state had organised Mission Kavach Kundal to vaccinate 15 lakh people every day before Dussehra, but achieved only 50% of its target. The students’ drive is also open for dropouts who can go to a nearby college. “I will request the chief minister to allow students to take the trains, but he will take the final decision,” Tope told TOI. “No student will be allowed to come to college if they are not fully vaccinated,” reiterated Uday Samant, minister of higher and technical education, at the conference. Tope said they will provide colleges with medical equipment, ambulance, medical staff and vaccines. “After the drive is over, we will falicitate three colleges that perform the best,” he said.
The drive, Mission Yuva Swasth Abhiyaan, jointly organised by the health department and the higher and technical education department, will be conducted between October 25 and November 2, just before Diwali sets in.
On Thursday, health minister Rajesh Tope said there are roughly 5,000 colleges under the department which include polytechnics, ITIs, professional colleges and other affiliated institutions and cover nearly 40 lakh students who are over 18 years old.
“We have asked all principals for a list of students who are yet to be vaccinated. The health department in turn will make doses available for the drive,” said Tope. This is the second such special drive organised by the state; earlier, the state had organised Mission Kavach Kundal to vaccinate 15 lakh people every day before Dussehra, but achieved only 50% of its target. The students’ drive is also open for dropouts who can go to a nearby college. “I will request the chief minister to allow students to take the trains, but he will take the final decision,” Tope told TOI. “No student will be allowed to come to college if they are not fully vaccinated,” reiterated Uday Samant, minister of higher and technical education, at the conference. Tope said they will provide colleges with medical equipment, ambulance, medical staff and vaccines. “After the drive is over, we will falicitate three colleges that perform the best,” he said.
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