Myanmar Launches Covid Vaccination Drive, Prioritises Healthcare Workers Myanmar Launches Covid Vaccination Drive, Prioritises Healthcare Workers Last week, Myanmar received 1.5 million doses of the vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, just as China has also pledged vaccine consignments.
Aung San Suu Kyi visits a hospital as medical workers receive COVID-19 vaccine.
Yangon:
Myanmar launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme on Wednesday, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the AstraZeneca and Oxford University vaccine donated by India.
Myanmar managed to contain the number of COVID-19 cases early in the pandemic, but is now fighting a second wave, recording more than 138,000 cases and 3,082 deaths.