<span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, more than 5 lakh beneficiaries have been inoculated against covid-19 so far. According to information, about 82 per cent healthcare workers and 64% of frontline workers have received the first vaccine shots.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In terms of 1st dose vaccine coverage of healthcare workers, Odisha comes third among the states as of now. The state has also begun administering the second dose of vaccines to the beneficiaries from the 15th of February last.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, even amid a sustained decline in active cases in the state, which now is down at only 658, the state government has directed all the district and municipal authorities to ensure strict compliance of Covid- appropriate behaviour, particularly in crowded places, to prevent any resurgence of the virus as in some other states. </span><br />''  <br />