LUDHIANA: The educational institutions have started a special vaccination drive for students above 18 years of age.
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Most students and teacher employees are visiting the special vaccination drive and lined up for their walk-in vaccination.
A two- day Vaccination camp was organized in SCD Government College to administer the vaccine to people in the age group 18-44 years.
More than 531 people were successfully vaccinated in these two days.
Among those vaccinated, college students were around 500.
The principal of SCD Government College, Dr.
Gurpreet Kaur said, “The Vaccination would help prevent the spread of the virus.
DC Ludhiana, Varinder Kumar Sharma also motivated the students to participate in this camp.” Most of the students have already got themselves vaccinated at college level.
We will organise one more vaccination camp in near future as it is must for youngsters”, she said.
To ramp up the vaccination drive Sukhwinder Singh Bindra, Chairman Punjab Youth Development Board is visiting the camps to encourage the students about their contribution in breaking the chain of the virus.
Talking to TOI , he said , “ We have organised over 200 vaccination camps specially dedicated for youth with the help of youth club and assistant directors youth.
We are targeting schools and colleges , universities, specially rural youth through 14,000 youth clubs in state.” The Civil Surgeon officials are taking utmost safety precautions while administering the vaccine drive for youth.
Many teachers also got themselves the second dose of the vaccine.
Meanwhile, schools are also organizing Camps and they are even floating the message to the pass-out students.
Harmeet Warraich principal of Nankana Sahib Public School, Gill Park said, “ Most of the students in schools are below 18 and few of them who are above 18 are getting themselves inoculated.
Now as situation is improving, it is high time to open schools to save another year.
Schools are ready to take all the precautions including hand sanitization, thermal screening.
It is time to teach students to live in this tough situation as it’s not going to die down so soon.
There is no vaccination available for students below 18 here but they are mature enough to follow the guidelines.
Meanwhile, the administration should monitor the testing by organizing testing camps outside schools.” Dr Lovepreet Singh RMO is an alumnus of Nankana Sahib Public School, Gill Park has organized a camp in the Nankana school said, “ We are organizing a weekly camp in the school and over 22 students have been vaccinated in the school on Thursday.” Schools opening for teachers and non-teaching staff with 50% attendance As summer break is over, now the government schools are opening for teachers and non-teaching staff physically for their duties in schools.
The staff has to come with 50% attendance from 8 am to 2 pm.
As Covid cases started surging in April and May, schools were declared closed for students and In June, they were given Summer break.
According to the orders issued by Krishan Kumar, education Secretary the teachers have to follow the guidelines.”