Odisha Govt Orders COVID Vaccination In Govt & Pvt Hospitals On Holidays In April

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday directed all government and private hospitals to conduct COVID-19 vaccination during the gazetted holidays in April.

In a letter to district collectors, municipal commissioners and Chief District Medical and Public Health Officers (CDM & PHOs), Additional Chief Secretary, Health Pradipta Mohapatra asked them to immediately carry out the order as per the directive of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in view of the surge in the COVID-19 cases in the country.

While directing the aforesaid officials to communicate the instructions to all block-level officials and private health facilities, Mohapatra asked them to take necessary steps to increase the number of the COVID vaccination centres (CVCs) to achieve the target set for their respective districts.