Bhubaneswar: In the largest ever vaccination drive against the corona virus in the country, Odisha on Thursday has scripted a rocking performance among all the states.
With the highest ever achievement rate today, since the beginning of Covid-19 vaccination drive in the State, Odisha today has made it into the top 5 inoculated states in the country.
As per the Union Health Ministry data till the six hours in the evening today, Odisha is only second to Telangana in the country in the number of beneficiaries who took the shot in their arms.
At the end of the vaccination hours today, as per State Health Department data, Odisha saw immunisation of a high of 44,880 individuals against the target of 37,076. The rate of achievement stood at 121 per cent vis-à-vis 89 per cent on Day-4 and 88 per cent on Day-3. On Day-2, the target was 102 per cent. The 121 per cent rate of vaccination is, thus, the highest till date in the State.
AEFI MAP
As on today, when the country has reported a total of 600 AEFI (Adverse Events Following Immunisation) cases, Odisha scripts a better record to show with mere 16 such cases. And all are mild cases, when the country saw hospitalisation of over 10 vaccine recipients till date.
The State today recorded 5 AEFI cases, which has been 0.01 per cent of the total who was inoculated today.
As per State Public Health Director Dr Niranjan Mishra,
“AEFI occurs in 4 ways. First, when a vaccine has some impurities, or the temperature required for storing the vaccines get altered, or the recipients are hyper sensitive to vaccine constituents.”
The reason for low AEFI in Odisha could then be inferred to as: Vaccine recipients here are not prone to drug allergy vis-à-vis other states, and also the handling and transportation of vaccines in the State have been strictly adhered to the SOP issued.
DISTRICT VACCINATION MAP
While the Khordha district has today witnessed the largest vaccination sessions (39) in the State, Boudh, Deogarh and Sonepur have witnessed the least sessions of four each.
The top scorer district in Covid-19 vaccination on Thursday has been none other than the first hot spot district of the State – Ganjam. The district vaccination rate has been at a high of 281 per cent. Against the target of 1,335, a total of 3,747 have been given the anti-corona virus jab.
And the tag of vaccine hesitancy district today has been adorned by Deogarh – where the rate has been 44 per cent as against 89 per cent yesterday.
How many districts have recorded an over the top performance?
Data shows a high 20 of the 30 districts have today scored an inoculation rate of over 100 per cent. Two districts – Ganjam and Angul – have scored a double ton in today’s vaccination drive.
SMART CITY’S SMART SHOW
A day after shedding vaccine hesitancy tag, the Capital City Bhubaneswar today notched up an impressive rate of 186 per cent as against a rate of 118 per cent yesterday. As against the target of 600, a total of 1,113 had taken the jab today.
With Thursday’s smart gains, the Smart City at the end of Day-5 is only sort of around 50 vaccine recipients from the target set. The total recipients at the end of day-5 in the temple town stood at around 6,350.
CUTTACK GATHERS STEAM
The vaccination drive in the Silver city gained steam on Day-5. The rate today took a leap to touch 96 per cent from 78 per cent on Day-3 and 4 and 82 per cent in Day-1.
VACCINE WASTAGE: With a sterling show on Day-5, the vaccine wastage in the State today has been very meagre. Only 2 doses have gone waste in Deogarh.