A special Covid vaccination drive, meant exclusively for working journalists covered under the Gopabandhu Health Insurance Scheme, was undertaken in Mayurbhanj district on Friday. In all, 126 journalists were administered.
The main vaccination programme was organised at the District Collectorate Facilitation Centre while three other similar drives were held at the Sub-Ddivisional Hospitals at Rairangpur, Karanjia and Udala. While 48 scribes took their Covishield jabs at Baripada, 19, 30 and 29 mediapersons got vaccinated at Rairangpur, Karanjia and Udala, respectively. The programmes began at 11 am and continued till 5 pm.
The district-level vaccination programme was inaugurated here by Collector Vineet Bharadwaj. Others who attended it included ADM Rudra Narayan Mohanty, CDMO Rupabhanu Mishra, District Covid Nodal Officer Jnanendra Mohanty, District Emergency Officer Sujay Pati and Dr Shantanu Dash.