Health officials give COVID vaccines to people in Indaw town

Healthcare officials gave the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines to people at People’s Hospital in Indaw Town, southern Shan State yesterday.
The current vaccine is a China-made Sinopharm vaccine, which is given at a rate of five per ampoule.
People with disabilities, people with chronic diseases and over 18-year-old people received the second dose of vaccines at the sixth quarter in Indaw and Ohnkwel and Nantkaungmhu village-tracts in Indaw town.
According to the General Administration Department, staff from the Indaw Station Health Department vaccinated 500 first-time recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine in the first group and 375 new ones on the second day, and the rest will be vaccinated soon.
Officials of the department, members of the fire brigade, staff from the General Administration Department and the ward administrators assisted in the vaccination. — Aung Khaing(IPRD) /GNLM