As the nation inches close towards finding a cure against novel coronavirus, many states are coming forward to ensure safety of their residents.
In the latest, Odisha government has announced that all the healthcare and frontline workers of the state will be vaccinated for free of cost in the first phase of vaccination drive.
“In the first phase, doctors, health workers who are our Corona warriors and elderly persons will be administered Covid-19 vaccine free of cost. In the second phase, we have requested the Centre to vaccinate municipality, electricity, drinking water and other public health workers in the state,” said Health Minister Nabakishore Das on Thursday.
He further said that the vaccination drive is likely to commence in January next year.
“The central government is planning to vaccinate nearly 30 crore people during the first phase of vaccination. We are working as per the central government guidelines,” the Minister said while adding the government is ready to distribute and administer the vaccine to its warriors on a priority basis.
The development comes two days after Bihar vowed to provide free covid-19 vaccine to all its citizens.
According to data complied by state’s health authorities, 3.2 lakh people will be vaccinated in the first phase in Odisha after the launch of Covid-19 vaccine in the country. For vaccination, 29,276 centres have been identified in the state.
Meanwhile, on Monday, the Centre released covid-19 vaccine guidelines to be followed during covid-19 vaccination drive.
In a latest report, it was revealed that Centre is also training over 3,000 health care workers for vaccination drive in Delhi.
