TOMSK, Oct 20 – RIA Tomsk. Students of Tomsk universities and colleges of higher education should be vaccinated against COVID-19 only for practical training outside their educational institutions, follows from the decision of the Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Tomsk region Olga Pichugina.
Earlier it was reported that vaccination for doctors, teachers, officials, law enforcement officers, service providers and students became mandatory in the Tomsk region from October 15. As Pichugina previously reported, only 20% of students at Tomsk universities have been vaccinated against COVID-19 to date, and even if distance learning takes place, the coronavirus infection can be transmitted in dormitories.
The text of the resolution of the region's chief sanitary doctor on preventive vaccination of certain groups of citizens according to epidemic indications in the Tomsk region appeared on the website of the Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) on October 20.
"I resolve to provide prophylactic vaccination by epidemic indications against new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) <...> to students of professional educational organizations and educational organizations of higher education over 18 years old sent for practice and training outside the structural subdivisions of professional and educational organizations of higher education", – says the text of the document.
A Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) spokeswoman told the agency that vaccination is also not mandatory for those living in dormitories.