mumbai the iitbombays campus hospital now has its own covid19 vaccination centre around 140 residents from the campus including faculty members got vaccinated on wednesday the first day of the drive inside the campus over 6000 residents are currently eligible for vaccination in the age group of 4560 years some of these however may have already taken the shot from government and private hospitalsdirector subhasis chaudhuri said that the purpose to set up the vaccination centre was to be prepared for the drive once it opens for students once our students are eligible for the vaccine we will not spend time on setting up the centre he told toi the civic authorities inspected the hospital facilities on campus before giving a nod currently stock of covishield is made available to the campus residentsi am sure availability of vaccines in the campus will give a boost to our fight against the pandemic and we sincerely hope that our students who are mostly under 45 years will be allowed to get vaccines in the near future as this is very much required to bring the campus back to life said chaudhuri on a social media platformwith cases surging in the city the institute also saw a rise in cases in the last week of march measures were taken by the institutes covid taskforce to keep the numbers under control currently only around 15 active cases with mild symptoms are reported on the campus