Bhubaneswar, Dec. 29 -- At a time when the Odisha Government has been launching campaigns in urban and rural areas to inoculate people to achieve 100 per cent coverage at the earliest, a vaccination team that reached Talsari village under Badakhaman panchayat in Udala block of Mayurbhanj district were detained by the local residents for several hours on Monday evening.

Later, Udala Block Development Officer (BDO), local Tehsildar and police rushed to the spot and rescued the vaccination team, including an Anganwadi worker and an ASHA worker following a discussion with the villagers after six hours.

As per reports, some villagers of Talsari were given Covid-19 vaccination shot yesterday. Later in the day, the Anganwadi and ASHA workers v...