Covid-19 vaccination for a day on Sunday to observe those who received the vaccine on Saturday."We want to observe those who took the vaccine.
From Monday, the vaccination drive will continue till all 3.28 lakh health workers are inoculated," said Pradipta Mohapatra, the additional chief secretary (health).Odisha is the first state to announce a pause in the vaccination drive so far.
The immunisation drive was conducted at 161 session sites in all 30 districts of the state on Saturday. The first vaccine shot in the state was administered to a sanitation worker, Biranchi Naik (51), of Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar at 11.05 am followed by the director of Capital Hospital, Dr Laxmidhar Sahu, an orthopaedic surgeon.