COVID-19 inoculation drive comes to a halt in 12 districts of Odisha due to vaccine shortage
The Hindu
State government asks SII, Bharat Biotech to supply vaccines to re-start drive
The inoculation drive was on Thursday temporarily halted in 12 of the 30 districts in Odisha due to vaccine shortage. The government, which was carrying out vaccination at more than 1,400 sites, brought it down to 302. At present, Odisha has a stock of 1.19 lakh doses of Covishied and 3.46 lakh doses of Covaxin — insufficient to go for State-wide vaccination. Vaccination has been cancelled in Balasore, Bhadrak, Boudh, Cuttack, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara. Keonjhar, Khordha, Koraput, Mayurbhanj and Puri districts.
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