Coronavirus Vaccine | Mumbai
Mumbai students with confirmed admission to foreign universities to be vaccinated on priority
Mumbai/IBNS: Students in Mumbai will be vaccinated on priority if they have got confirmed admissions to universities abroad and need to get inoculated before travelling to another country, the Maharashtra government said Friday.
The students have to produce the required documents to prove confirmed admissions to a university abroad to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in three centres run by the city's civic body, BMC.
"For students who have received confirmation of admission in universities abroad and require vaccines for the same, the @mybmc has arranged free, walk-in vaccination this coming Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (31st May, 1st, 2nd June) at 3 centres - Rajawadi, Cooper and Kasturba," Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray tweeted.
"The students need to carry I- 20 or DS- 160 form/verified confirmation letter to concerned foreign universities, along with personal ID documents. This admission and vaccine affecting careers, we are duty bound to vaccinate them in the required time," Mr Thackeray said.
I will also be speaking to other municipal corporations across Maharashtra to implement the same for students in and around those cities with confirmation letters for universities abroad, to implement the same. The numbers are small, but their career opportunities can’t be missed
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) May 28, 2021
The BMC has allowed walk-in vaccination for the people above 45 from Monday to Wednesday.
A total of 8.53 lakh people out of 11 lakh aged 60 and above have been vaccinated with the first dose while 9 lakh out of total 19 lakh people in the age group of 45 and 60 are yet to be vaccinated, according to BMC data.
Healthcare and frontline workers waiting for their second dose of Covishield, those waiting for their second dose of Covaxin, mothers who have given birth in the last one year can also walk-in from Monday to Wednesday to get vaccinated.
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