Another consignment of anti-Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ would reach the State in a week. The consignment would consist of 1,49,760 doses of the indigenous vaccine, informed State Vaccine-in-charge and Health and Family Welfare Director Bijay Panigrahi on Friday.
Panigrahi told the media that the Covaxin would be administered to beneficiaries only in Bhubaneswar.The immunisation programme in the State would be conducted at Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs) for three days a week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. However, the drive would be carried out at both Government and private medical college hospitals every day except for holidays, he added. On Thursday, 44,880 healthcare personnel had been vaccinated at 436 session sites across the State. A total of 1,13,623 such category of beneficiaries have been given the first doses of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines in the State, Panigrahi informed.