Bhubaneswar, June 16 -- In the line of the Union Health Ministry's revised guidelines for Covid vaccination, Odisha government on Wednesday included Ration Card with photograph as another prescribed photo ID card for verification of beneficiary prior to vaccination.

The ACS of State Health Department has asked the collectors of all districts to lay out the instruction to all Programme Officers / Managers, Vaccinators and Verifiers for implementation of the revised guideline in the vaccination programme and also widely publicise to create awareness among the citizens.

As per Co-WIN 2.0 Guidance Note, there are seven prescribed Photo ID Cards for venfication of beneficiary prior to vaccination and recently, Unique Disability identificatio...