On Sunday, Odisha’s Bhubaneswar became the first city in the country to achieve per cent vaccination coverage against Covid-19.
As per the reports of India TV, Anshuman Rath, South-east Zonal Deputy Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, said, “100 per cent of the population in Bhubaneswar have been vaccinated against Covid-19. Along with this, one lakh migrant workers in the city have been administered the first jab.”
The city has so far administered 18,37,586 doses of vaccine against the target of 18 lakh doses projected on the basis of the population as per 2011 Census. As many as 3.25 lakh people aged above 45 years and 5.17 lakh beneficiaries of the 18-44 years age group were targeted to be vaccinated.
