Letterkenny Institute of Technology has launched a campaign to encourage more students to get vaccination as the new semester begins.
Walk-in clinics are open for new and returning students on campus this week.
‘Vaccination Week’ at LYIT aims to enhance and promote COVID-19 vaccination uptake among young people as they start or go back to college this month and to ensure any students, who have not been vaccinated yet, including international students, have the option to be protected. Students are being offered the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Frank Harburn, Saolta General Manager for the rollout of the Regional Vaccination Programme in the West and North West, welcomed students to the campus and said: “Young people, including third level students have shown remarkable responsibility and resilience during the pandemic and I want to thank them for every effort and every sacrifice they have made to help bring the Covid-19 virus under control.
“Vaccine uptake among the younger population is very high and this is having a positive impact on the rate of community infection across the region but as restrictions are easing and on-campus life returns to normal we are asking any student who has not yet been vaccinated, or who needs a second dose, to come forward. The vaccine is free, safe and the best form of protection from serious illness with Covid-19.”
Louise Hunter, a fourth year nursing student at Letterkenny IT and a vaccinator, is encouraging students to come forward for a vaccine: “I would recommend getting the COVID-19 vaccine to all students. It reduces your chances of being infected and potential long term complications of COVID-19. It also contributes to community protection, helping keep yourself, your family and your peers safe too. Students who are vaccinated are less likely to miss out on college and other activities, helping us get back to a more normal way of life.”
Details of Walk-in COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics at Letterkenny IT:
• Monday 27 Sep: 10am to 6pm
• Tuesday 28 Sep: 10am to 6pm
• Wednesday 29 Sep: 10am to 6pm
• Thursday 30 Sep: 12am to 8pm
No appointment is necessary.
