17,000 college students, staff vaccinated

While 11,000 of them were covered in Dakshina Kannada, 6,000 were given the vaccine in Udupi

In all, 17,000 students, teachers and clerical staff of different higher educational institutions, aged above 18, received their vaccine against COVID-19 on the first day of the special drive to vaccinate students and other staff in colleges in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Monday. While more than 11,000 of the 1.74 lakh beneficiaries were vaccinated in Dakshina Kannada, 6,000 people were given the vaccine in Udupi district. This is part of the special vaccination drive held across the State for those in degree, engineering, paramedical, diploma and ITI colleges. More than 900 people turned up at the P. Dayananda Pai and P. Satish Pai Government First Grade College, Car Street, in Mangaluru, in the morning. Health workers from the Urban Primary Health Centre, Bunder, were deputed to vaccinate the beneficiaries.