Belle Vue Clinic resumed Covid vaccination on Tuesday after almost a month but this time from a different site.

The vaccination started at a building on the La Martiniere for Boys campus and 453 people, including teachers of the school, received the shots on the first day.

The clinic received 36,000 Covishield doses and plans to give 600 to 700 shots in a day.

“Vaccination for the age group of above 18 years means there will be a huge crowd. But we have space (the school building) to cater to a large number of recipients without overcrowding,” said Pradip Tondon, the CEO of Belle Vue.

Reverend Paritosh Canning, the bishop of the Calcutta diocese of the Church of North India and the president of the board of governors of La Martiniere schools, and Tondon inaugurated the vaccination drive on Tuesday.

The school has provided a hall and four classrooms in the junior department to the hospital for the purpose.

“We gave our building with WiFi and air conditioning facilities because it is for a noble cause,” said Supriyo Dhar, secretary of the La Martiniere schools.

Tondon said many companies had approached him, including an IT firm, to get their employees vaccinated.

AMRI Hospitals also started administering first doses to the above 18 age group from Tuesday at three of its hospitals and one clinic on Southern Avenue. An official of the hospital said around 2,000 doses of Covishield were administered on the first day.

Safe home

St Paul's Mission School has started a safe home and oxygen centre on its campus.

It was inaugurated by Reverend Paritosh Canning, bishop of the Calcutta diocese of Church of North India, on Wednesday.

The safe home has been set up in collaboration with Quarantined Student Youth Network, a group formed by students from the universities of Bengal, which has been working in different districts of the state ever since the outbreak of the pandemic.

“Since the school is located in Sealdah, it is close to both the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital and NRS Medical College and Hospital. The safe home-cum-oxygen centre at the school will reduce the queues in these hospitals,” said Sanchita Biswas, the principal of the school.