COVID-19 Vaccination Status amongst College Students and Staff during Offline Classes

Aim: To understand the status of COVID-19 vaccination amongst students and staff during offline classes.

Study Design: Questionnaire with open ended questions was sent to participants through social media.

Place and Duration of Study: The present study was conducted in Bhavan’s Vivekananda College of Science, Humanities and Commerce, Sainikpuri, Secunderabad from 12th-15th September, 2021.

Methodology: Questionnaire was sent to all staff members, second and third year students of undergraduate and first year students of post graduate programmes who were attending classes during the study period. Total 1263 responses were received out of approximately 2500 students.

Results: The survey results have shown that 1128 participants (89.3%) out of 1263 have received vaccination and out of them, 742 participants (65.78%) have received single dose of vaccine and 386 (34.22%) participants have received two doses. Majority of them have received Covishield (74.5%), followed by Covaxin (24.11%).

Conclusion: The present study necessitates all educational institutions to conduct similar kind of studies to understand the current status of vaccination and safety measures taken by students and staff during Covid-19 pandemic during offline classes. This will help to keep the campuses safe and prevent further spread of infection to avoid third wave of corona virus.