Bhubaneswar, May 6 -- Bhubaneswar: In order to ramp up the vaccination drive in the State, Odisha government on Thursday said that people interested to inoculate themselves against Covid-19 at private hospitals can do so by depositing just Rs 100 as administration charges.

Odisha Health Department Additional Chief Secretary Pradeepta Mohapatra informed during a press meet that private hospitals will carry out State govt's free vaccination programme with an administration fee of Rs 100/per dose.

In another major development, the State government has made it clear that vaccination drive will be carried out in urban areas first due to the concentration of more virus infections in the cities and towns.

ACS PK Mohapatra said that people who...