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2nd day of COVID vaccination drive begins at Bhubaneswar's Capital Hospital

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2nd day of COVID vaccination drive begins at Bhubaneswar's Capital Hospital

2nd day of COVID vaccination drive begins at Bhubaneswar's Capital Hospital

The second day of COVID-19 vaccination drive began in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.

It began for the healthcare workers at Capital Hospital on January 18 amid pandemic.

Billed as the world's largest vaccination programme, covering the entire length and breadth of the country, the drive aims to first inoculate millions of its healthcare and frontline workers and reach an estimated 3 crore people by the end of its first phase.

The mega COVID-19 vaccination drive began in India on January 16 (Saturday).


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