Hummingbird News Desk
KALYANI, 8 JUNE: As many as 221 employees of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) were inoculated at its main campus in Nadia’s Haringhata on Tuesday, said Partha Pratima Lahiri, registrar of the varsity.
The employees who are above 45 years were given Covishield, while those who are below of it were vaccinated Covaxin, a State Health Department source said.
“Vice Chancellor Dr Saikat Maitra was very keen to get the varsity’s employees vaccinated. Accordingly, the university authority had approached the SDO, Kalyani and state health department. Today, the university with the help of administration and health department organized a vaccination camp where most employees were inoculated,” said Assistant Registrar, Anup Mukherjee.
As there are many employees in and around Kolkata and Salt Lake, university authority arranged for two buses to bring the employees to Haringhata campus amid the restrictions following Covid 19 pandemic.