Coronavirus | Odisha forms advisory committee to guide it for future waves

It will focus on strengthening health infrastructure with quality equipment available globally

The Odisha government on Saturday announced formation of a high-power advisory committee under chairmanship of Srinath Reddy that would guide the State on mass vaccination and help prepare strategies to face future COVID-19 waves. “Scientists have warned that the future waves would affect younger generation and vulnerable sections. The committee will advise the State on the steps to be taken from now keeping the future challenges in mind,” said Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra here. The committee would have renowned doctors, public health experts and scientists including Devi Prasad Shetty, noted cardiac surgeon and founder of Narayan Health, and Ramakant Panda, Managing Director of Asian Heart Institute.