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By: Shree1news, 17 NOV 2021
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday set a target to inoculate the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to 90 per cent of the eligible population by November end, officers stated on Tuesday.
Holding a virtual meeting with all District collectors in presence of senior officers of the health department, Odisha chief Secretary S.C. Mahapatra has directed to step up the vaccination programme to acquire cent per cent vaccination by December end.
“We are now in a transitional phase of the pandemic. There has been a substantial reduction in the number of cases. At this point of time, we have to intensify the vaccination drive before a possible third wave of the pandemic hit the country,” Mahapatra said.
He requested the collectors to prepare the village and GP-level micro plan for the vaccination programme. He also directed to ensure cent per cent implementation of the micro plans on campaign mode through door to door survey. The creditors were further requested to intensify the campaign and open more vaccination facilities at village and GP-level.
The vaccination rate in Odisha has gone above the national rate with least procedural wastage of vaccine doses.
Additional chief Secretary (ACS), health and family Welfare, R.k. Sharma stated that overall vaccination in Odisha crossed 4.03 crore by November 13.
Approximately 82.4 per cent of the above 18 years population have received their first dose in the state against the national average of 79.8 per cent.
In addition, 41.5 per cent of the population have got 2nd dose against the country wide average of 38.4 per cent, Sharma said.
Sstate Director, national health mission (NHM), Shalini Pandit stated the vaccine wastage in Odisha dipped to minus 5.3 per cent thereby saving around 20 lakh of the doses.
There has been sufficient supply of the vaccine and the syringes and districts could be furnished extra as per their demand, she stated.
