Students with plans to study abroad disappointed with Covid-19 vaccine shortage

Several students who have secured admissions to foreign universities are complaining about the struggles to get their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Students who are set to pursue their higher education from foreign universities are expressing their discontent regarding the Covid-19 vaccine shortage in Maharashtra, as many of them are struggling to get their first dose of the vaccine. Several students who are heading to foreign countries for education had to return without getting a coronavirus vaccine jab for the second day in a row at civic-run Rajawadi Hospital, while the BMC said later that 1,875 jabs were delivered at three centres in two days, and another 900 would be made available on Wednesday. As the BMC is administering vaccine doses to those who have plans to study abroad, it also said it had requested the Union government to shorten the gap between two doses as many students are to leave for foreign countries in July-August.