As the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination began on Saturday, police personnel, district Collectors and other frontline workers of various Government departments were administered with the vaccine across the State.
DGP Abhay and Twin City Commissioner of Police Sudhanshu Sarangi received the vaccine at the Indoor Stadium in Cuttack.
Abhay thanked the Centre and the State Government for treating police personnel as frontline workers on a priority basis.
Abhay appealed to all people of the State to cooperate with the Government and come forward to get vaccinated whenever they get a chance. The Government has released the vaccine after proper trial. There is no need to panic, he said.
Sudhanshu Sarangi said, “There is no need of getting scared of the vaccine. Crores of people have already received the shot.
If we don’t take the vaccine and neglect now, the virus may mutate in the future with different symptoms and these vaccines might not work then.”