Odisha Prioritises Vaccination Of Citizens Eligible For 2nd Dose | OTV News
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Bhubaneswar: Amid a scarcity of vaccines in Odisha, the State authorities on Monday put individuals eligible for 2nd dose of Covishield vaccine on a precedence record.
A notification on this regard said that, “A total of 8,90,918 persons are already due for the second dose of Covishield till April 29, 2021. But due to limited supply of Covishield vaccine by the Government of India, MoHFW, we could not vaccinate the due beneficiaries in time.”
In order to streamline the 2nd dose vaccination drive, the division has issued directions for the CVCs.
“While scheduling a session at a CVC, first those beneficiaries who are due for 2nd dose are to be covered. The second dose of Covishield is to be preferably administered between 6 to 8 weeks,” the division has said.
“List of the beneficiaries due for the 2nd dose at each centre can be accessed from the COWIN Portal. Facility in-Charge / MO shall mobilize these beneficiaries due for 2nd dose vaccination with the support of ASHA / AWWs Volunteers etc and vaccinate them after adding them to the session through Spot allotment.”
The order additional learn, “If vaccine remains available after catering to the 2nd dose beneficiaries, it should be used for first dose of left out Front line workers and Health care workers.”
Other classes might be coated solely after vaccinating all of the beneficiaries due for 2nd dose, HCWs and FLWs, the order added.
(Edited By Suryakant Jena)
