QMC students will be city’s vax ambassadors

Chennai: The health department announced the students of the state-run Queen Mary’s College will henceforth be ambassadors for Covid vaccination in the city. With government photo identity cards, 5,500 students from this college will meet people living in their neighborhood and encourage them to take up vaccination, health minister Ma Subramanian said on Wednesday. The college organized an awareness programme on the need for vaccinations and Covid appropriate behaviour such as mask, social distancing, and hand hygiene through their street plays on Wednesday. Subramanian, who watched the street plays with interest asked students if they will spend half an hour a day to spread awareness among other citizens. He said the state will give them photo identity cards by the weekend.