Bhubaneswar: The second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination for the target group of frontline workers took off in Odisha on Saturday morning.
The frontline warriors including police officials, employees of collector office and municipality are taking the shots.
Odisha DGP Abhay was the first person to be inoculated on the first day of Phase-II vaccination programme. He took the vaccine at Cuttack Indoor Stadium. He also appealed to all to cooperate with the government to make the vaccination drive a success.
After taking the vaccine, Twin City Police Commissioner Dr Sudhanshu Sarangi tweeted:
Happy to be vaccinated. ?#OdishaPolice#MoTikaMoSurakhya
@DGPOdisha @cpbbsrctc @dcpbbsr @dcp_cuttack pic.twitter.com/YxF3xM6ens
— Dr Sudhanshu Sarangi (@SarangiSudhansu) February 6, 2021
Inspector general of police (operations) Amitabh Thakur also took the shot and tweeted:
‘No one is safe until everyone is safe’ Glad that @CMO_Odisha and @DGPOdisha decided to get all personnel vaccinated. I got it done. Request others to get vaccinated as well #MoTikaMoSurakhya #OdishaPolice @odisha_police @SecyChief @homeodisha @IPS_Association pic.twitter.com/CuWyf8h8yh
— AMITABH THAKUR (@AMITABHTHAKUR21) February 6, 2021
DG, Fire Service, Dr Satyajit Mohanty was among the top police officers to take the shot early on the day.
#COVIDVaccination for #Odisha #police, #Homeguards, #fireservice personnel started today. #MoTeekaMoSurakhya #Odishacares @HFWOdisha @homeodisha @SRC_Odisha @odisha_police pic.twitter.com/OxjqXtLQwf
— DG Fire Services, Odisha (@DGFS_HGs_CD) February 6, 2021
Besides, IGP AN Sinha, IGP S Praveen Kumar, ADGP SK Priyadarshi, ADGP Lalit Das, and ADG Law and Order, YK Jethwa, among others have taken the shots.