Students aged 12 and above in Maungdaw receive second dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Maungdaw, 7 December

 

A total of 120 students aged 12 and above received their second dose of Covid-19 vaccine at the designated vaccination sites in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State yesterday morning.

 

The healthcare workers monitored the body temperatures and blood pressures of the students before giving the vaccine to them and watched them for 30 minutes after administering the vaccine.

 

Medical workers carried out vaccination campaign with the collaboration of departmental officials, staff from Basic Education Department, village administrators and volunteers in line with COVID-19 health guidelines set by Ministry of Health.

 

Maungdaw Township has 7297 students above 12 years old eligible to receive COVID-19 jabs. And 5747 of them have been administered the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the health ministry.—Thet Lwin Soe(IPRD)

Translated by JT