Vaccination

Whether floating global tenders for vaccine procurement or setting up RT-PCR testing labs in 16 districts, Odisha has gone aggressive to tackle Covid menace.

NBTC has revised the criteria for blood donation as per the international standard. Now, people can donate blood after 14 days of any of the vaccine jabs.

With less number of vaccines left to vaccinate people, the much-hyped 'Tika Utsav' launched by PM Modi failed to impress Odisha.

The United Kingdom has become the first Country in the World to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine.