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. The vaccination programme is one of the essential activities in preventing, controlling, and treating 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.
On 1 and 2 April, doctors and nurses from public hospitals, medical teams from the Tatmadaw, relevant healthcare workers, in collaboration with volunteers, gave COVID-19 vaccines to 6,277 people from fifteen townships in Shan State(North), 5,357 people from 11 townships in Mon and Kayin States, 16,276 people from 26 townships in Ayeyawady Region, 8,260 people from nine townships in Rakhine State, 2,276 people from seven districts in Mandalay Region, and 380 people from three townships in Bago Region, respectively.
Similarly, healthcare officials gave the vaccines to 78 students from Muse and Namhkam townships in Shan State (North) on 1 and 2 April.
It is reported that officials from the respective Regional Military Headquarters visited the site and coordinated the necessary work. — MNA