COVID-19 vaccination drive in 11 districts due to an "acute shortage" of Covishield doses, officials said. The inoculation exercise was temporarily halted during the day in Angul, Bolangir, Balasore, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Koraput and Sonepur , they said.
The authorities were administering over 3 lakh doses of the vaccines to eligible beneficiaries every day since June 21 after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had asked officials to accelerate the inoculation process before the possible third wave of COVID-19.
But, the health department was able to give only 1.18 lakh jabs on Tuesday, an official said. Covaxin is being administered to people in the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation area, while