Odisha Increases Vaccination Capacity At Sites As Precaution Dose Vaccination Starts

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has increased the capacity of vaccination at its session sites by more than 20 percent in view of the start of the precaution vaccination from today. The government aims to inoculate more than 17 lakh 52 thousand people with the third vaccine dose as precaution dose in the state. By January end more than five lakh 25 thousand people be given the third dose. People belonging to 60 plus years category along with Healthcare workers and Front line workers will be given the precaution doses. People who want to take the precaution dose scan book their slot in the CoWin App or on the spot.

Currently there are 3616 session sites are functioning to vaccinate the people. Among them, 1340 sites are exclusively opened to vaccinate the 15 to 18 category of people.