Bhubaneswar: Ahead of its nation-wide rollout on January 16, the much-awaited COVID-19 vaccine is expected to reach Odisha in the next couple of days.
State Health department officials on Monday said that the COVID-19 vaccine is likely to reach at least two-three days before the launching of the mass immunization drive in the State.
“We had conducted a dry run and all preparations have reached final stages for the COVID-19 vaccination in the State,” said Bijay Panigrahi, director of health and family welfare department.
According to Panigrahi, the State government has identified 160 session sites for carrying out the vaccination drive. Besides this, there will be a two-way communication between Capital hospital in Bhubaneswar and District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) Sundergarh to keep a direct contact with the Centre on the COVID-19 vaccination.
Dr Laxmidhar Sahu, director of Capital Hospital said that everybody is desperately waiting for the mass immunization drive….