Bhubaneswar, Aug. 12 -- In the wake of possible third wave of Covid-19 pandemic, the Odisha government on Thursday directed the concerned officials to constitute district-level task forces for effective monitoring and supervision of paediatric Covid care in the State.

"The children in age group of 0-18 are yet to be vaccinated. As per the prediction of the public health experts, there is possibility of increased incidence of COVID-19 cases amongst the population of this age group in the eventuality of a third wave of COVID-19. The State needs to be in full preparedness for capacity building for managing high number of cases expected during the predicted third wave of the pandemic," a notification issued by the State Health and Family Wel...