The anti Covid-19 jab drive for health workers was launched in Jagatsinghpur district on Saturday.
Collector SK Mohapatra inaugurated the initiative at the District Headquarters Hospital as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the massive country wide Covid 19 immunization exercise on Saturday.
Four sites of the district such as the DHH and the Balikuda, Raghunathpur and Biridi Community Health Centres [CHCs] were selected for the vaccination and 100 persons were fixed to be immunized in each site.
According to hospital sources, 289 persons were administered Covid –jab out of 400 on the first day, while Raghunathpur CHC achieved hundred percent immunisation target. It was 72 percent in the DHH, 74 percent at Balikuda and 43 at the Biridi CHC. In the DHH, Dr Dharanidhar Senapati was first given Covid 19 vaccine.
The inauguration function was attended by CDMO Dr Bijaya Panda, ADMO Pramod Kumar Barik, doctors, paramedical staff, health workers and technical employees.