212 students going abroad for education to get vaccine in Nagpur

NAGPUR: 212 have applied for Covid vaccination under the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) special drive for students going abroad for education, according to municipal commissioner Radhakrishnan M. As announced on Tuesday, this event will take place at Indira Gandhi Rugnalaya (IGR) and Pachpaoli Women’s Hospital.
The NMC had circulated a Google sheet to be filled by interested students.“Those who submit it on Wednesday-Thursday, will get the jab on Friday,” said additional municipal commissioner Ram Joshi.
NMC officials expect less than 1,000 students to benefit from the drive. The civic body decided to do the special drive after requests from students who had confirmed admission from foreign universities. Though the state government had started inoculation for those in the 18-44 age group from May 1, it stopped the drive on May 12 citing shortage of doses putting the students in a fix.
The NMC has also started asking flat schemes and housing societies to apply for vaccination of 45-plus. “Our vaccination team will go to their places for a special camp. Details can be had from Joshi,” said Radhakrishnan.
Meanwhile, the number of beneficiaries continues to slide in the district. 3,517 healthcare and frontline workers, and 45-plus in the district took the jab on Wednesday. The number on the last two days was 3,539 and 3,687.
For the first time, vaccination in other districts of Vidarbha is more than that of Nagpur. On Wednesday, in Gondia 4,961 took the jab.
At Kingsway Hospital, which became the first in the private sector to start vaccination, 944 took the jab on Wednesday. “We have vaccinated 1,955 people in three days,” said director Amit Somani.
Though vaccination of 45-plus free of cost at 98 centres in the city, 65 people from this age group took first dose at Kingsway Hospital in last three days. Remaining 1,890 beneficiaries were from 18-44 years age group.
The Rotary Club of Nagpur Ishanya has reportedly started helping the NMC in vaccination at Dik Dispensary on VIP road. It has erected a shamiana at the centre and will also provide ambulance, pick up and drop facility for senior citizens and persons with disabilities on Saturdays and Sundays.
In a press release, the NMC said that two doses of 45-plus will continue at all centres with Covishield on Thursday. Only the second dose of Covaxin will be available at GMCH, Mahal Diagnostic Centre and Khobragade Hall in Siddharth Nagar.