All eligible college students, staffers to get first dose of COVID vaccine in July: Punjab govt

The government would set up special camps at colleges of the state and inoculate all the eligible students and staffers with their first dose of the vaccine in July itself, the Punjab Health and Family Welfare department said.

Chandigarh: In an attempt to boost the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination drive in Punjab, the state government plans to launch a special campaign to inoculate all students above 18 years of age and staffers, both administrative and academic, at colleges. For this purpose, the government would set up special camps at colleges of the state and inoculate all the eligible students and staffers with their first dose of the vaccine in July itself, the Punjab Health and Family Welfare department said. Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan has asked officials concerned to appoint a team at the state as well as district levels for a weekly review of the Covid positivity data in order to sound an alert whenever the positivity rate rises anywhere in the state.