Categories: CoronavirusOdisha

Odisha Begins Process To Vaccinate Kin Of Health Workers

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to vaccinate the kin of health workers considering that they are equally vulnerable to COVID infection.

Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Pradipta Mohapatra has written to all district Collectors and Municipal Commissioners on Wednesday asking them to facilitate vaccination of family members of health workers.

The health workers have been serving the society since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccination of healthcare workers was started on January 16 and over 95% of them have been vaccinated till now. As their family members are at risk equally, they should be vaccinated, said Mohapatra.

OB Bureau
Share
Published by
OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Caught Using AI To Solve Maths Problem, Class X Board Exam Candidate Loses A Year!

Kolkata: A West Bengal secondary board exam (Madhyamik) candidate recently took Artificial Intelligence (AI) to… Read More

28 minutes ago

4th Batch Of Illegal Immigrants Back: 12 Indians Deported From US To Panama Arrive At Delhi’s IGI Airport

New Delhi: A fourth batch of Indian nationals deported from the US arrived at Indira… Read More

49 minutes ago

Record 6.82 Lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Visit Odisha’s Rushikulya River Mouth For Mass Nesting

Berhampur: Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha’s Ganjam district has emerged as a major rookery for… Read More

1 hour ago

Two 18-Month-Old Toddlers Crushed To Death By Speeding Cars In Delhi & Mumbai

Delhi/Mumbai: Twin tragedies in Delhi and Mumbai claimed the lives of a pair of 18-month-old… Read More

1 hour ago

900 Ineligible Beneficiaries Of Old Age Pension Identified In Odisha’s Jajpur

Jajpur: A total of 894 ineligible people fraudulently received benefits under an old-age pension scheme… Read More

2 hours ago

Global Experts Share Latest Insights On Nanomedicine At KIIT-Hosted International Conference

Bhubaneswar: The International Conference on Recent Advances in Nanomedicine brought together more than 500 participants,… Read More

2 hours ago