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.

Doctors and nurses from public hospitals, medical teams from the Tatmadaw, and relevant healthcare workers in collaboration with volunteers gave COVID-19 vaccines to 6,293 people from fourteen townships in Shan State (North), 22,009 people from twenty-six townships in Ayeyawady Region, 8,238 people from fourteen townships from Rakhine and Chin states, 26,140 people from seven districts in Mandalay Region and 180 people from Htantabin Township in Bago Region on 6 and 7 May, respectively.

Similarly, healthcare officials gave the vaccines to 95 students from five townships in Shan State (North) on 6 May.

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

MNA

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