By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha authorities on Friday known as upon the Centre to offer satisfactory provide of Covid vaccines to the State and never discriminate between states in allocation of doses.While some states have been attaining as much as three lakh vaccinations a day, Odisha has been struggling to muster even one lakh doses as a result of scarcity of vaccine.
Since all residents aged 45 years and above will likely be vaccinated from April 1, the State authorities has urged the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to provide satisfactory doses of each Covishield and Covaxin on the earliest. Stating that the State is unable to plan vaccination periods upfront as a result of inadequate and erratic vaccine provide, Additional Chief Secretary of Health division PK Mohapatra has written to Union Health Secretary to dispatch a minimum of 15 days vaccine requirement upfront for uninterrupted vaccination drive.
“Keeping in view the heat wave condition, which will worsen over the coming months, we are planning to accelerate the drive so as to cover at least two lakh citizens daily and complete the target before the weather becomes more severe,” he mentioned and requested that there shouldn’t be any discrimination between states in provide of vaccine.
This was third letter from the State to the Centre over scarcity of vaccine. A few days in the past, Mohapatra had sought satisfactory doses of vaccine by finish of this month fearing that the State could must pause the vaccination drive for 4 days from March 31 to April 3.
The State had obtained 25 lakh doses until mid-March and sought one other 25 lakh doses with an purpose to conduct a minimum of two lakh vaccinations a day. Of the demand, the Centre has provided 9.5 lakh doses together with 5.8 lakh of Covishield on Friday. The subsequent allocation of 9.8 lakh doses of Covishield is predicted on April 2.
“We need at least 30 lakh doses of vaccine to plan vaccination sessions for 15 days in advance,” Mohapatra mentioned. Of round 1.2 crore individuals eligible for Covid vaccination within the State, Odisha has already administered greater than 21.67 lakh doses of vaccine to healthcare staff, frontline staff and age acceptable group of residents moreover individuals with comorbidities.
VAX DRIVE
State had obtained 25 lakh doses until mid-March and sought one other 25 lakh doses with an purpose to conduct 2 lakh vaccinations a dayOf round 1.2 crore individuals eligible for Covid vaccination within the State, Odisha has already administered greater than 21.67 lakh doses of vaccine
