With institutes for higher education in Kerala set to reopen from October 4, state health minister Veena George on Wednesday said that Covid-19 vaccination facilities would be made available to final year students of these institutes to get immunised against the disease before entering the colleges. The health minister said that all the final year students should be inoculated with at least one dose of the vaccine before the reopening of these institutions.
Earlier on Tuesday, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said higher education institutions such as technical, polytechnic and medical institutes would be allowed to operate in a bio-bubble model from October 4 for final year students of graduate and undergraduate courses. Vijayan also said that one dose of vaccine was mandatory and asked students awaiting their second doses to get it immediately.
News Source: The Hindu
