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Vaccination for Tokyo Olympics bound sportspersons, others going abroad to start from June 22

Vaccination for sportspersons attending the Tokyo Olympics and students and workers travelling abroad will start from June 22. The East zone Health Officer of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahapalike (BBMP) has been appointed as the competent authority to carry out the drive within the city limits.

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Published : Jun 20, 2021, 5:26 PM IST

Bengaluru: Vaccination drive for students and employees who are set to go abroad for studies/work, and sportspersons who will be travelling to Tokyo for the Olympics will start from June 22 (Tuesday) at City University Campus, Dy CM and State Covid task force head, Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana, stated on Saturday.

The East zone Health Officer has been identified as the competent authority within the BBMP limits. Individuals from the above group, who have completed 28 days after receiving the first dose of vaccine will be administered the second dose, he informed.

The competent authority is entrusted to verify the documents of those who come to get vaccinated. He will also examine the information received from the beneficiaries in the Self Declaration Certificate Form, Annexure-4, and issue the validation letters. This validation certificate needs to be uploaded to the CoWin portal to get vaccinated, Narayana explained.

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The beneficiaries who had not provided their passport number while receiving the first dose of vaccination should submit vaccination declaration through Annexure- 5 to get inoculated the second time, he informed.

This is the second such drive being arranged for students and workers going abroad. Earlier, when the first drive was conducted at the same venue during the first week of June around 1500 people got vaccinated.

Bengaluru: Vaccination drive for students and employees who are set to go abroad for studies/work, and sportspersons who will be travelling to Tokyo for the Olympics will start from June 22 (Tuesday) at City University Campus, Dy CM and State Covid task force head, Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana, stated on Saturday.

The East zone Health Officer has been identified as the competent authority within the BBMP limits. Individuals from the above group, who have completed 28 days after receiving the first dose of vaccine will be administered the second dose, he informed.

The competent authority is entrusted to verify the documents of those who come to get vaccinated. He will also examine the information received from the beneficiaries in the Self Declaration Certificate Form, Annexure-4, and issue the validation letters. This validation certificate needs to be uploaded to the CoWin portal to get vaccinated, Narayana explained.

Also read: Bharat Biotech's Krishna Ella donates vaccine

The beneficiaries who had not provided their passport number while receiving the first dose of vaccination should submit vaccination declaration through Annexure- 5 to get inoculated the second time, he informed.

This is the second such drive being arranged for students and workers going abroad. Earlier, when the first drive was conducted at the same venue during the first week of June around 1500 people got vaccinated.

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