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 8,655 people from twenty-six townships in Ayeyawady Region, 3,520 people from ten townships in Rakhine State, 2,580 people from seven districts in Mandalay Region, and 86 people from Toungoo Township in Bago Region, respectively.
Similarly, healthcare officials gave the vaccines to 71 30,721 students from twenty-six Townships in Ayeyawady Region, 6,746 students from eleven townships in Rakhine State and 281 students from Moenyo Township in Bago Region.
It is reported that officials from the respective Regional Military Headquarters visited the site and coordinated the necessary work.
MNA