Chennai: Teachers and Professors who get the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine can return to work when schools and colleges reopen on September 1, Minister of Health MA Subramanian said on Sunday.
On Friday, launching the Department of Health drive to vaccinate teachers, ministers say about 90% of teachers and 89% of non-teaching staff in Tamil Nadu have the first dose.
“We have instructed district health workers to give priority to vaccinate college teachers, students and other staff.
There are around 122 government universities, assisted by the government and the private sector in Chennai.
The Ministry of Health asks all principals to their staff to vaccinate their staff, “He told reporters on Sunday after distributing the benefits of welfare schemes including the elderly retirement to 109 people in constituencies.