<span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, the second consignment of Covishield reached the capital Bhubaneswar yesterday from the Serum Institute of India, Pune. The consignment carrying 3'34'500 doses of Covishield.<br />''<br />''Later the vaccines were taken amidst tight security to the State Vaccine Centre for safekeeping and subsequent dispatch to the districts &nbsp;to roll out &nbsp;the first phase of the immunization drive.<br />''<br />''AIR &nbsp;correspondent reports that the 3.34 lakh odd doses of covid vaccines added up with more than 4 lakh doses received earlier, can now provide vaccination cover to all the 3.38 lakh healthcare and frontline workers databased by the state government.<br />''<br />''On the other hand, the state conducted as many as 182 sessions yesterday to vaccinate more than fourteen thousand registered beneficiaries across the vaccination facilities.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the state health department has cautioned those healthcare workers refusing to be vaccinated during the ongoing phase will lose the chance of availing the vaccines free of cost later.<br />''<br />''The caution comes close on the heels of about fifteen thousand multipurpose health workers reportedly refusing vaccination to push for the resolution of their cadre concerns.</span><br />
News On AIR | January 20, 2021 8:08 AM
Odisha: Second consignment of Covid vaccine reaches Bhubaneswar