Drive for students headed abroad may be expanded

Pune: A vaccine drive by the PMC on Tuesday, for students headed abroad for studies, saw a large turnout. Students from outside the district — from Satara, Kolhapur and Ahmednagar — also enrolled for the drive. Officials said these students were perhaps staying in Pune for their studies.
Overall, officials said more than 1,500 students participated.The drive, at the Kamala Nehru Hospital, will be conducted on Wednesday too with officials saying plans are on to increase the number of sessions.
Students have been asked to send their applications to studentvaccination.pune@gmail.com. They will receive a reply containing time slot details and tokens. PMC officials said they had planned to administer 200 jabs on Monday. But around 250 were finally given as number of walk-ins was high. Officials said they plan to administer 500 jabs on Wednesday.
“We saw the response on Monday and have decided to hold the drive for some more days,” said Rubal Agarwal, additional commissioner of the PMC.
Officials said students from nearby towns and cities also registered for the drive. “No other town or city near Pune is currently holding such a drive. We included these students because it’s a matter of their future,” a PMC staffer said.