Media Release

Mangaluru, Jun 30: St Agnes College on Tuesday June 29 held a vaccination drive for its staff and students. A total of 1000 students, teaching and administrative staff registered for the vaccination drive.

Speaking at the inaugural, Sr Dr Venissa AC, principal of St Agnes College said that Covid-19 has ushered us into a strange time. “Covid-19 has challenged us and turned us into new human beings, but we have to overcome our fear and cooperate with the government and health authorities in curbing Covid-19,” she said.

The event was flagged off at Mother Mary Aloysia Memorial block at St Agnes College. The staff-in-charge collected signatures, IDs and assisted the participants to sign up on the government COWIN portal or Aarogya setu App before receiving the jab.

In the run-up to the drive, the students were asked to fill in their details in Google Forms and sign up for the vaccination. The attendees were requested to bring valid ID cards including college ID and Aadhar card.

The vaccination center was visited by Mangaluru south MLA Vedavyaas Kamath. MCC councilor and Bendore ward corporator, Naveen D’Souza who was present at the event said that people must extend support to the health workers who are dedicatedly working towards the eradication of Covid-19.

The district health and family welfare of Dakshina Kannada started a 15-day vaccination drive on Monday across various colleges. Several educational institutions are hosting these free vaccination drives where students aged 18 and above can get vaccinated along with the staff members of the college.

At St Agnes College, the UPHC officials from Bejai oversaw the drive and facilitated social distancing, registration and smooth conduction of the drive.

Kadri Ward corporator Manohar Shetty, Sr Carmelita AC, associate professor Helen Serrao and overall in charge of the vaccination drive Dr Udaya Kumar were present at the occasion.