Odisha to prioritise 1st dose for 45+ age group
Health department sources said since the gap between the doses was enhanced, the number of beneficiaries waiting for a second dose in the next few days will be minimal.
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BHUBANESWAR : Odisha government has decided to prioritise the first dose of Covishield vaccination for left out frontline workers and people above 45 years after the Centre extended the interval between the two doses from 42 to 84 days.
Health department sources said since the gap between the doses was enhanced, the number of beneficiaries waiting for a second dose in the next few days will be minimal. However, those who have already scheduled for second dose will be administered the vaccine and the online appointments will not be cancelled in the CoWIN portal.
Covid cases drop as testing dips in Odisha
The number of new cases dropped from 11,807 to 10,635 in last 24 hours as testing dipped across the districts.
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BHUBANESWAR: Even as Odisha continued to report over 10,000 cases a day for the fourth consecutive day, a distinct failure to increase testing, particularly in the western districts where the test positivity rate (TPR) is alarmingly high, has posed a serious concern.
The number of new cases dropped from 11,807 to 10,635 in last 24 hours as testing dipped across the districts. The State had conducted 48,757 tests including 17,946 through RT-PCR during the period against 50,864 including 20,365 RT-PCR tests on Saturday. The TPR, however, stood at 21.8 per cent (pc) as compared to 23.2 pc a day before.
COVID crisis: Oxygen is available in Odisha but where are the cylinders?
Black marketing of medical oxygen continues as some traders leave no stone unturned to mint money amid the crisis simply because there are not enough cylinders in the retail system.
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BHUBANESWAR: Odisha is supplying oxygen to other states but patients in home isolation here have to pay through their nose for the O2. For, oxygen is available but cylinders are not.
The State government asserts that oxygen stock is stable but black marketing of medical oxygen continues as some traders leave no stone unturned to mint money amid the crisis simply because there are not enough cylinders in the retail system.
34,502 Covishield doses administered to beneficiaries through 247 centres in 26 districts
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Two girls take a selfie after getting the first dose of Covid vaccine at Capital Hospital I Irfana By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The Phase III of Covid-19 vaccination for people of the 18-44 age group was formally launched with 6,420 beneficiaries being administered the first dose of Covaxin in Bhubaneswar on Monday. A large number of young people were seen standing in queues outside the government health facilities braving the scorching sun. Only those who had registered through CoWIN portal got the jabs.
While the vaccination for the people aged 18 plus took place between 8 am and 1 pm, those above 45 years received the shots from 3 pm to 6 pm. The vaccination of 45 years and above was badly hit across the State due to shortage of Covishield. Health department sources said 1,253 vaccination centres were shut down in the State due to unavailabil