Bhubaneswar: Odisha will be receiving 3.70 lakh does of Covishield on Tuesday and another 9.88 does by April 2.
The Odisha government had requested the Health Ministry for 25 lakh doses of vaccine to increase the daily coverage to 2 lakh.
Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra told the TOI that a lesser number of doses would slow down the ongoing vaccination drive in the state.
Last week, the government had twice flagged its concern with the Centre and sought an early supply of the vaccines to keep the process going
The state has already used 18.81 lakh of 25 lakh doses of the vaccine received so far and the wastage comes to around 1.4 per cent.
Meanwhile, the Centre has asked the state and union territory governments to increase the interval between the two doses of the Covishield vaccine and make it 6-8 weeks based on the recommendation of two expert panels.
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