Bhubaneswar: In a major success to the Odisha Government, over one lakh elderly people have been vaccinated for Covid-19 today, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department.
“Proud to share that today Odisha achieved #COVID19 vaccination of over One lakh elderly persons in a day. We salute the tireless efforts of our vaccination teams.” tweeted the Health department.
Proud to share that today Odisha achieved #COVID19 vaccination of over One Lakh elderly persons in a day. We salute the tireless efforts of our vaccination teams ??@CMO_Odisha
— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) March 15, 2021
As many as 1,21,572 persons have been vaccinated on Monday including 1,00,273 elderly persons. The total vaccine doses administered till date in the state reached 12,81,362.
Notably, the Odisha Government had asked the concerned authorities to increase the Covid-19 vaccination of senior citizens to one lakh per day.