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COVID Vaccine: Odisha Receives First Batch Of Self-Bought Covishield Doses

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Bhubaneswar: The first consignment of 1 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine procured by the Odisha government arrived in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.

A special cargo flight with the Covishield doses from Serum Institute of India in Pune landed at Biju Patnaik International Airport at 2 pm, the Additional Chief Secretary (Health), Pradipta Mohapatra, told the media.

Mohapatra informed that these doses will be earmarked for the 18-44 age group.

Notably, the state government had launched the third-phase of vaccination from May 1 for the inoculation of about 1.93 crore people in the 18-44 age group.

Also Read: COVID Vaccination: Odisha Gives Priority To People Waiting For 2nd Dose

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