Local people in Nawnghkio get 2nd dose of COVID jabs

Local people in Nawnghkio get 2nd dose of COVID jabs

30 October 2021

HEALTHCARE officials gave the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccines to above 18-year-old people at the township hall in Nawnghkio, Kyaukme District, northern Shan State yesterday morning.

The fifth dose of the vaccine  (the second dose) will be given  from 29 October to 1 November.  The current vaccine is Sinopharm, developed by the People’s  Republic of China, at a rate of five  people per dose, officials said.

The second vaccine will  be given to 8,370 people in the communities, according to the  COVID-19 Prevention and Emergency Response Committee. Vaccination activities are  documented by the General  Administration Department followed by measuring body temperatures and blood pressure,

and monitoring oxygen levels  by healthcare officials.

Vaccines were given systematically to the local people, and  only those with normal health conditions are vaccinated. About 30 minutes after  being vaccinated, people were  given healthcare education and  then allowed to leave.

Officials from township de[1]partments and members of the Red Cross Society also assisted  in the vaccination programme.