Covid vaccination: 2 doses must, don t make mistake of ignoring second one, says PM Modi
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(REUTERS)Premium Listen to the experts about the gap to be kept, PM Modi said
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Launching India s Covid-19 vaccination drive via video conference, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that it s important to take two doses of vaccines. Don t make the mistake of taking one dose and then forgetting about dose two. Listen to the experts about the gap to be kept, PM Modi said.
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Updated: Saturday, January 16, 2021, 15:22 [IST]
Bubaneswar, Jan 16: The Odisha government is in readiness to vaccinate as many as 16,100 health care workers on Saturday at 161 sites spread across the state, officials said.
The inoculation drive will begin in all the centres as soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the vaccination programme at 10.30 am on Saturday, a senior health department official said. The vials have already reached all the cold-chain points and a five-member team has been readied to start the vaccination programme at all the places, Prof CBK Mohanty, Director of DMET (Directorate of Medical Education and Training) told reporters here.