Odisha government has identified some more categories of employees as frontline workers for covid-19 vaccination. They include certain categories of staff of banks, insurance companies, forest department, vetenirary department, railways, call centres and oxygen plant employees. However, these categories of frontline workers will be vaccinated once adequate vaccine supply is available in the state.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''AIR Bhubaneswar correspondent reports that as of now, the state government has prioritised the vaccination of beneficiaries of whom around 10 lakh are waiting for their turn for the second dose. The state, so far has vaccinated near about 65 lakh beneficiaries with around 48 thousand of them receiving their vaccine jabs yesterday. In yet another development, the state government has decided to conduct a special drive to innoculate eligible people who do not have any of the approved identity documents required for registration in the Cowin portal.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">They include, sadhus and saints, nomads and&nbsp; beggars, inmates of jails and old age homes who too run the risk of exposure to the virus. Meanwhile, the current covid-19 active caseload of the state has overshot the one lakh mark with the detection of 10649 fresh infections, during the last 24 hours.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | May 14, 2021 9:41 AM
Odisha identifies some more categories of employees as frontline workers