By Our Correspondent
BHUBANSWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday talked to beneficiaries of COVID-19 Vaccine drive in Odisha and held video conference meeting with several district administrations across the State to stock of the drive.
“COVID vaccination program started in Ganjam. New hope for Ganjam. Dr Sunil Kota got first COVID vaccine in Ganjam & he shared his experience with Hon CM, Odisha. @CMO_Odisha @HFWOdisha@IPR_Odisha@MoSarkar5T,” Collector & District Magistrate, Ganjam tweeted @Ganjam_Admin.
3 (one each) from the Sundargarh District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar and City Hospital in Behrampur shared their experiences with Patnaik on virtual mode after getting first dose of vaccine today.
They suggested others to come forward to take vaccine in battle against COVID citing that the administration of vaccine is completely safe.Reviewing the vaccination drive, Patnaik thanked the healthcare workers and frontline COVID warriors for their dedication in times of COVID-19 crisis.
“The year 2021 has brought good news for everyone. The long wait is now over. We will not forget the sacrifice and services rendered by the healthcare workers in past 10 months during the pandemic,” Patnaik said through video conferencing. He sought cooperation from the COVID warriors for success of massive vaccination programme against Coronavirus in the State.
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modilaunched the pan India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive via video conferencing on Saturday. This is the world’s largest vaccination program covering the entire length and breadth of the country. A total of 3006 session sites across all States and UTs were virtually connected during the launch.
The Prime Minister started his speech by paying compliments to the scientists who were associated with the development of the vaccines. He said, usually it takes years to prepare a vaccine but here, in such a short time, not one but two made-in-India vaccine were launched. The Prime Minister cautioned the people to be careful about not missing taking two doses. He said that there will be a gap of one month between the doses. He asked people to keep their guards up even after taking the vaccine as only two weeks after taking the second dose, human body will develop necessary immunity against Corona.
