Odisha Ranks third In COVID-19 Vaccination Drive, Over 1.3 Lakh Inoculated So far: Health Dept

Odisha State Health & Family Welfare Department Director Bijay Panigrahi

Bhubaneswar: With the vaccination of over 1.3 lakh healthcare employees as on Friday, Odisha ranked third within the Covid-19 vaccination drive within the nation, mentioned the State Health and Family Welfare Department director Bijay Panigrahi on Saturday.
The State was on the third spot within the vaccination drive as per the information launched by the Health Ministry on Friday, he mentioned. “We will continue our vaccination drive and try to reach the top in the country. Yesterday also, we successfully conducted the process and 16,384 healthcare workers took the vaccine shots as against the targetted 13,195 persons,” mentioned Panigrahi.
The vaccination drive will proceed at the moment at 221 session websites and round 20,330 healthcare employees will get the pictures. All healthcare employees will get the vaccine and 1,30,007 individuals have already been inoculated, he mentioned.
He reiterated that Covaxin can be utilized in Bhubaneswar whereas Covishield can be despatched to different districts. “Beneficiaries need to complete vaccination using the same vaccine as there is no option for interchangeability of vaccines and any change in the vaccine may create problems. Those who have got the first dose of a particular vaccine, will get another shot of the same vaccine after 28 days,” mentioned Panigrahi.
Speaking on the 2nd section of the vaccinate drive, he mentioned that the frontline employees will get the vaccine within the subsequent section and the entire variety of individuals getting the pictures can be identified after January 25.

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