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Odisha to receive second consignment of 3,34,500 doses of Covishield vaccine today

Odisha will today receive the second consignment of three lakh thirty four thousand five hundred doses of Covishield vaccine of Pune-based Serum Institute of India. Along with the 4.08 lakh Covishield and 20 thousand Covaxin doses received earlier, the fresh consignment of COVID-19 vaccine will enable the state to cover all its registered Health care workers during this phase of vaccination.<br />'' <br />''AIR correspondent reports that having achieved about 85% of vaccination on day one, the state delivered covid-19 vaccine shots to another batch of more than 30 thousand health care workers in 380 sessions across the state yesterday. The government has targeted to complete the registration process by 25th of this month so as to wind off the ongoing round of vaccination by the month end.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Accordingly, it has decided to increase the number of sessions across all the participating healthcare institutions, with the medical colleges and large private hospitals taking the lead in conducting as many as five sessions per day.</span><br />

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