As the vaccination drive against Covid-19 resumed in the State on Monday after a day’s gap, as many as 31,902 persons were inoculated on the second day.
A total of 380 sessions were conducted to vaccinate the 31,902 healthcare professionals, said Health and Family Welfare Director Bijay Panigrahi.“We will complete vaccination of the remaining 1.78 lakh health workers by January 25 starting from today. A total of 1,698 sessions will be conducted in the eight days,” Panigrahi said.He said the number of sessions to be conducted per day has been fixed. While 380 sessions were conducted on the day, 192 sessions would be held on Tuesday, 92 sessions on January 20, 436 sessions on January 21, 141 sessions on January 22, 178 sessions on January 23 and 279 sessions on the concluding day, January 25.
Earlier, 13,890 health workers were vaccinated in the State on the first day of the much-awaited vaccination programme. The recipients of vaccine would be administered the second dose exactly after a gap of 28 days.