<span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, more than 85% of the targeted beneficiaries received the covid-19 vaccine shots till 8 pm on the inaugural day of the nation-wide vaccination program yesterday. The state had targeted to vaccinate about 16 thousand health care workers in 161 session sites across 30 districts on day one.<br />''<br />''Capital Bhubaneswar, which targets to immunize about 9 thousand health care workers in the first round of vaccination, saw one sanitation worker being delivered the Covaxin shot as the first recipient in Capital Hospital yesterday. The state has identified about 1.92 lakh health care workers to be vaccinated against the virus in about a week's time in the first phase. A couple of hours from the country-wide roll out of the vaccination program, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik virtually interacted with some vaccinated healthcare workers to take their feedback and was happy to note their positive reactions on being vaccinated. Union Minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi, who was witness to the countrywide launch of the vaccination drive from Baleswar in Odisha in virtual mode, described it as the victory of Atmanirbhar Bharat.</span><br />