9000 PEOPLE IN QUANG NINH TO RECEIVE COVID-19 JAB

The second phase of Covid-19 immunization plan in Quang Ninh province will be implemented on April 21, according to the Quang Ninh Department of Health, after receiving  9,000 additional doses.

As planned, these doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 will be administered  to the front-line workers in accordance with the Government's Resolution No.21/ NQ-CP dated February 26, 2021.

Jab receivers include 4,926 health workers at hospitals, health centers, and ward clinics in the province, 3,347 members of the steering committee for Covid-19 prevention at district and commune levels, 471 customs officials, port authorities, maritime pilots working at Cam Pha and Hon Gai ports, 164 medical staff at Mao Khe Regional Coal Medical Center, and 92 journalists and reporters at Quang Ninh Media Group.
The second phase is scheduled to be launched from April 21 to May 5.

The first phase of the 2021 Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Quang Ninh has been implemented since April 9 and is expected to be completed on April 20, with 4,100 doses of Covid-19 vaccine being given to medical staff and frontline anti-epidemic forces at border gates in the province.

Previously, as many as 30 doctors, nurses and medical staff working at Quang Ninh Obstetrics And Pediatrics Hospital on March 24 become the first ones to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in the province.

Currently, the world has witnessed the complicated development of Covid-19 pandemic. There has been a marked increase in the number of new infected cases in some of Vietnam's neighboring countries. Many scientists have alrealy delivered warnings of the new wave of this serious pandemic; therefore, it’s crucial to conform to 5K principle (in Vietnamese) issued by Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH) to help citizens get used to living safely with the Covid-19 pandemic in a new normal. 5K means "Khau trang" (face mask) - "Khu khuan" (disinfection) - "Khoang cach" (distance) - "Khong tu tap" (no gathering) - "Khai bao y te" (health declaration).