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-yearold 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 12,083 people from fifteen townships in Shan State(North),

Altogether 6,678 people from twelve townships in Mon and Kayin States, 495 people from Tamway Township in Yangon Region, 14,904 people from twenty -six townships in Ayeyawady Region and 8,255 from seven townships in Rakhine State, 31,500 people from seven districts in Mandalay Region and 100 people from Toungoo Township in Bago Region, respectively.

Similarly, healthcare officials gave the vaccines to 70 students from Namhkam township in Shan State (North) on 30 March. It is reported that officials from the respective military commands visited the sites and coordinated the necessary work.

— MNA

#TheGlobalNewLightOfMyanmar