Nearly 900 border soldiers, medical workers in Tay Ninh get COVID-19 vaccine shots

A soldier at the Border Guard Command of Tay Ninh province is completing procedures for vaccination. (Photo: VNA)

Tay Ninh (VNA) – As many as 894 and who work along the
borderline in southwestern Tay Ninh province received the first doses of
on April 1.

The
vaccination drive was organised by the Border Guard Command of Tay Ninh province
and the 175 Military Hospital.

The hospital
has arranged staff and facilities at vaccination sites to offer medical
assistance to anyone reporting side effects from the vaccine.

Frontline
workers in six provinces on the southwest border are also expected to be
inoculated during the vaccination drive, which will last until the end of April.

The
vaccinations will be carried out at hospitals, clinics and mobile sites that
are suitable to the border guard force’s conditions as well as ensuring that
they are fully vaccinated.

Colonel Nguyen
Tai Son, Political Commissar of the Border Guard Command of Tay Ninh province,
said the COVID-19 vaccination for border guard forces was
important because there were already community outbreaks in Cambodia, near
the border with Vietnam.

Tay Ninh province
has a 240km border with Cambodia. There are 129 checkpoints with more than 800
soldiers on duty along the border./.