CHENNAI: Teachers and professors who have got the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine can return to work when schools and colleges reopen on September 1, health minister Ma Subramanian said on Sunday.
On Friday, launching the health department drive to vaccinate teachers, the minister said around 90% of teachers and 89% of non-teaching staff in Tamil Nadu had got at least first dose. “We have instructed district health officers to give priority to vaccinate college teachers, students and other staff.
There are around 122 government, government-aided and private colleges in Chennai. The health department asked all the college principals to vaccinate their staff,” he told reporters on Sunday after distributing welfare scheme benefits including elderly pension to 109 people in Saidapet constituency.
