Bhubaneswar: Kickstarting the dry run for COVID-19 vaccination at Capital Hospital here, Health Department Additional Secretary Pradipta Mohapatra said the vaccine is expected to arrive in Odisha any day this month and the state has adequate equipment for the same.
“The Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII) was given clearance by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) yesterday. Keeping this in view, we expect the vaccine will arrive in the state any day this month,” he said.
Odisha is the only state where we are conducting dry run at 31 places-30 District Headquarters Hospitals (DHH) and the Capital Hospital here, Mohapatra asserted.