Students going abroad to get priority in Covid19 vaccination: Gujarat govt

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has today taken a decision to give priority in ongoing covid-19 vaccination programme to the students who are going for further studies abroad. District collectors and city municipal commissioners have been assigned responsibility to ensure this, so that the students don’t face any difficulty while going abroad for studies.

The decision, according the State government has been taken in a core committee meeting in capital Gandhinagar today chaired by the Chief Minister.

The students who are going abroad in coming months should contact the district collector with their I20 or DS-160 form or admission confirmation letter of foreign university/college.

Such students from Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Gandhinagar will need to contact respective municipal commissioner of their city.

In AMC area of Ahmedabad, Deputy Municipal Commissioner (West) will need to be contacted for the same. DeshGujarat