The vaccination drive for teenagers has brought to light the fact that several students in city are down with Covid-like symptoms, said heads of schools.
Several students, who have not turned up for the vaccination camps are down with fever, cough or runny nose, said heads of schools on Tuesday, the second day of the drive.
In some schools, parents have sent emails to schools authorities requesting them to postpone the vaccination date either because their children or they themselves are infected with Covid.
The vaccination of students in the age group of 15 to 18 years started on Monday in schools — some in association with the civic body and some with private hospitals.
In St Xavier’s Collegiate School, 122 students out of the 225 in Class XI turned up on Tuesday.
In Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, 69 of 113 students who had registered came for the vaccination.
In The BSS School, parents of 128 students out of 160 students in Class X, had given consent. Of the 128, 105 turned up for the vaccination on Tuesday.
In The Heritage School, 12 students did not turn up because they were down with symptoms and only one was absent at South Point High School.
“When we sought to know the reason behind missing the jab camp, several parents told us that their children were running a temperature, had cold and cough or runny nose,” said The BSS School principal Sunita Sen. The school had used its auditorium to facilitate the vaccination process.
In both St Xavier’s Collegiate School and Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, several parents had sent mails, informing the school authorities about their inability to send the children for vaccination because of Covid or Covid-like symptoms at home.
“Some of the boys or their family members are infected with Covid and could not come to the vaccination camp. We will call and find out about the rest,” said St Xavier’s Collegiate School principal Father M Thamacin Arulappan.
In one school, some parents requested for a fresh date, so that their children are in a position to take the jab.
“The infection (Covid) is spreading fast and it could be that children did party or mingle during the year-end. We will provide a later date to students, who could not come on Tuesday,” said Lakshmipat Singhania Academy director Meena Kak.
Parents have been responsible not to send their children to school with symptoms, said the heads.
“We had told that students with symptoms should not come to the camp. Parents followed our instruction and did not send their kids who are down,” said The Heritage School principal Seema Sapru.
