<span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, more than 80% of the health care workers and above 65% of the frontline workers have been vaccinated against covid-19 so far. According to information, while more than 4 lakh 35 thousand registered beneficiaries have taken their first vaccine shots, more than 79 thousand health care workers have also been given the second shots of the vaccines till date.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that in just about in month's time, Odisha could cross the 5 lakh mark in covid-19 vaccination, ever since the nationwide rollout of the drive from the 16th of January last.  <br />''<br />''While it took only 5 days for the state to vaccinate the first one lakh beneficiaries, it went on adding the subsequent batches of 1 lakh beneficiaries in less than a week time each.  <br />''<br />''Meanwhile, following instructions of the state health administration, the commissionerate police have decided to step up surveillance on the violators of covid-appropriate behavior in the state capital Bhubaneswar.<br />''<br />''On the other hand, the state has been witnessing a sustained decline in its covid-19 active caseload, which has plunged further down to 631 as on date. </span><br />