Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The military will help transport a
total of about 112.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines around the country by
2022, according to Maj. Gen. Nguyen Xuan Kien, Director of the General
Department of (GDL)’ military medicine division.
The has worked out plans to deploy 1,333
vehicles for the distribution of the vaccines to vaccination centres
nationwide, Kien said on July 14, adding that personnel are receiving training
to ensure the safe deliveries of the vaccines.
The , mostly by land, is underway
until April 2022, said Maj. Gen. Nguyen Duc Tung, Director of the GDL’s
transport division. He proposed that the Ministry of Health consult the
Ministry of Transport about delivering the vaccines to mountainous areas and
islands by air.
The transport division will order its units to provide
adequate supplies for prevention and prioritise vaccination for people
in charge of vaccine transport duties./.
Source: VietnamPlus
