Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday evening, October 21, announced a special drive to fully vaccinate students in the age group of 18 to 25 years across the state in order to help them attend physical classes at colleges.
This decision came after a review meeting held with state environment minister Aaditya Thackeray, minister of higher education Uday Samant and other officials regarding the implementation of this special drive.
Taking it to Twitter, the state environment and tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray announced ‘Mission Yuva Swasth’ from October 25 to November 2 to boost vaccination amongst college students.
All colleges across the state have just three days’ time to prepare for a special vaccination drive and collect data of students, who have received their first dose. This will include students in the age group 18-25 years, as many are not being able to attend physical classes as they are unvaccinated.
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Tope said the health department will provide all colleges with medical equipment, ambulance, medical staff and vaccines. After the drive is over, the department will also facilitate three colleges who perform the best while playing their roles in the drive.
It is said that this special vaccination drive is expected to be a great relief to those who are waiting for their vaccine shots. The colleges will collate data related to vaccination of students and based on that the government will prepare the number of doses required for the drive. Both Covishield and Covaxin will be included in the drive based on availability and time-gap.
According to reports, there are around 40 lakh students from all educational fields in the state. The colleges will also have to provide three rooms to conduct the vaccination drive and create awareness among students about the importance of vaccination.
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