Carry vax certificate to malls, gyms now

Surat: Beginning Wednesday, be sure to carry your vaccine certificate if you want to visit malls, multiplexes and gymnasiums.
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) officials said those who are due for the second dose will also be questioned and their entries will be barred if they can’t provide satisfactory replies. However, those who have taken the first dose recently and their time limit for the second dose is yet to be completed will be allowed, said health officials.
After nearly one-and-a-half months, queues were witnessed at vaccination centres in the city on Tuesday. From Monday, SMC barred entry of unvaccinated persons in its offices and facilities. Over 7,000 people took their first dose on Tuesday. “We are hopeful that the number of people coming for a second dose will also rise” said health officials.
“We have instructed the authorities in malls, multiplexes and gymnasium to check vaccination certificates. Those who are fully vaccinated or recently took the first dose will be allowed entry,” said a health official.
Teams of the health department are holding meetings with administrators of the malls, multiplexes and gymnasium to explain to them how to start checking for the vaccine certificate.
“We will scan the QR code on the app and then allow the individual. We have started training our staff,” said the manager of a multiplex.
Commercial establishments have started putting posters at the entry points informing about the rules.