Colleges will hand over the list of eligible students to be covered by the first dose to the health department (Representational image)
The official said that the colleges in the district have been directed to prepare a list of students who have taken up the job earlier and the rest will be deployed in the colleges.
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A senior district official said on Friday that all colleges in Maharashtra’s Thane district will conduct a COVID-19 vaccination drive to administer the first dose of vaccine to the students. Thane Additional Collector Vaidehi Ranade presided over a meeting of college heads in the district, where she said the institutes would start immunization of students from October 25 in light of the implementation of the Youth Health Campaign.
The official said that the colleges in the district have been directed to prepare a list of students who have taken up the job earlier and the rest will be deployed in the colleges.
He said the colleges would hand over a list of eligible students to be covered with the first dose to the health department, which in turn would organize vaccination camps.
He said that representatives of 57 colleges (except municipal limits) were present in the meeting. Additional Collector Ranade also informed that till October 20, at least 70 percent of the eligible beneficiaries in the district have been given the first dose, while 34 percent have taken both the doses.
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