COVID-19 vaccine drive continues in various states, regions

COVID-19 vaccine drive continues in various states, regions

DOCTORS and nurses from public hospitals, Tatmadaw medical teams, healthcare workers and volunteers are working hard to give COV­ID-19 vaccines in different states and regions as the vaccination programme is one of the most important activities in the prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19 disease.

COVID-19 vaccine is administered daily to tar­get groups regardless of race or religion, including Buddhist monks and nuns, local people over the age of 40, students, religious lead­ers, prisoners, people with disabilities, ethnic armed groups, people with chron­ic diseases, people in IDP camps and over 12-year-old students, respectively.

Yesterday, doctors and nurses from public hospitals, medical teams from the Tatmadaw, rele­vant healthcare workers in collaboration with vol­unteers gave COVID-19 vaccines to 5,960 people from twenty-six townships in Ayeyawady Region, and 2,033 people from seven townships in Rakhine State, 19,109 people from seven districts in Mandalay Region and 345 people from Bago Township, Bago Region respectively.

Similarly, healthcare officials gave the vaccines to 375 students from four townships in Rakhine State.

It is reported that officials from the respective Military Commands visited the site and coordinated the necessary work.

MNA