11-09-21 Daily-Odisha-OPSC Current Affairs

Odishahas topped in the country in terms of curbingvaccine wastage. The state has so far saved 12.2 lakh doses and thus registered -5.5 per cent misuse. This means the state administered 105 doses and saved five for every 100 doses allotted.

The state till Wednesday administered 2.45 crore doses, which include 12.2 lakh saved doses. The capitals entire Population can be vaccinated with at least the first jab with the saved doses.

While Odisha achieved 58 per cent coverage of the first dose, seven districts have less than 50 per cent coverage. Districts with less than 60 per cent of second dose coverage against the due target are Malkangiri (50 per cent), Nabarangpur (55 per cent), Boudh (57 per cent) and Kandhamal (58 per cent). Nine districts are yet to cross the 1-lakh mark in terms of administering the second dose.

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