Myanmar begins nationwide vaccination drive against coronavirus

Yangon, Jan 27 : Myanmar on Wednesday launched a Covid-19 vaccination programme across the country.
The drive started with the medical staff who are working in the frontline across the country’s regions and states, Xinhua reported.
Myanmar recently received the first batch of 1.5 million doses of Covishield vaccine, which will be enough for 750,000 people.
Frontline health workers and volunteers are given priority to be inoculated from Wednesday, followed by parliamentarians from Friday, according to a statement from the Health and Sports Ministry.
As the first phase of the programme, over 3,800 medical staff of public health department and hospitals are being vaccinated in Myanmar’s capital of Nay Pyi Taw on Wednesday.
About 25,459 medical staff and health workers dealing with Covid-19 patients and those from the public health department of Yangon region will be vaccinated from Wednesday, said Tun Myint, Deputy Director-General of Yangon Region’s Public Health Department.