Bac Giang receives 200,000 Vero Cell vaccine doses

(BGO) – The Center of Disease Control (CDC) in Bac Giang province on September 20 received 200,000 Covid-19 Vero Cell vaccine doses allocated by the Ministry of Health.

The prioritised subjects are workers in and outside the industrial parks, suppliers of necessary services, long distance drivers, teachers, students, overseas students, hostel owners, managers of workers’ boarding houses...

Covid-19 vaccine is stored at the provincial Center of Disease Control.

These vaccines were allocated to Bac Giang city (14,000 doses), Viet Yen district (14,000 doses), Lang Giang district (14,000 doses), Luc Nam district (14,000 doses), Luc Ngan district (14,000 doses), Hiep Hoa district (14,000 doses), Tan Yen district (12,000 doses), Yen Dung district (12,000 doses), Yen The district (8,000 doses), Son Dong district (6,000 doses) and workers at industrial parks (78,000 doses).

After receiving the vaccine from the Ministry of Health, the provincial CDC directly allocated the doses to the districts and city to prepare the inoculation programme safely.

As of September 20, the province administered 495,300 Covid-19 vaccine doses, representing 26.9 percent of total population.

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