Railway staff given 72 hours to take jabs Updated: Updated: ‘Employees should be persuaded and not compelled to take the shot’ Share Article ‘Employees should be persuaded and not compelled to take the shot’ Close on the heels of the Integral Coach Factory here asking its employees to either take the vaccination or go on leave, the Thiruvananthapuram Division of the Southern Railway has asked its commercial staff to get vaccinated within 72 hours and produce the certificate to join duty. In a note issued on April 8, commercial clerks, ticket collectors, enquiry-cum-reservation-clerks and others aged 45 and above were asked to take COVID-19 vaccination within 72 hours. With effect from April 12, supervisors were told only to permit staff for duty after they produce vaccination certificates.