The vaccination in Odisha has been badly affected on Friday as only 700 sites of 1476 are open for inoculation of age-appropriate people in 29 districts. It is no vaccination day for Koraput district due to the non-availability of vaccines.

COVID-19 vaccination in-charge in Odisha, Bijay Panigrahi on Friday informed that the state has shut some vaccination centres due to shortage of COVID-19 vaccines.

He also said that there are some Covaxin doses available in stock but it is only sufficient for the state's capital. "2.4 lakh Covaxin doses are in stock and that's sufficient to deliver to the people in Bhubaneswar. Around 11-12 thousand people have been injected with Covaxin in a day in the capital," he said.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das has also requested Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to allot 25 lakh doses of Covishield in a single lot for the next 10 days.

Odisha Government once again urged the Union Health Ministry to supply adequate quantities of vaccine as the state has been facing an acute shortage for the last over a week

India commenced its second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive to inoculate people above 60 years and those over 45 with comorbidities against the coronavirus from March 1. The third phase began on April 1 for all above 45 years of age. Recently, Russia's Sputnik V also got approval from the Subject expert committee (SEC) for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA), making it the third Covid-19 vaccine to get clearance in India.

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