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Submitted by moiuser on 20 August 2022

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 leadersprisoners, 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 375 people from Tamway Township in Yangon Region, 7,442 people from twenty-six townships in Ayeyawady Region, 2,114 people from eight townships in Rakhine and Chin States, and 10,357 from seven districts in Mandalay Re­gion, respectively.

Similarly on that day, health­care officials gave the vaccines to 1,682 students from twenty-six townships in Ayeyawady Region, 815 students from five townships in Rakhine and Chin States and 9,357 students from seven dis­tricts in Mandalay Region.

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

MNA

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