A total of 8,089 eligible people in Da Nang who got a first shot of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to get their second doses from tomorrow, Saturday (July 31), the Da Nang Department of Health has announced.

A healthcare professional wearing personal protective equipment from Hai Chau District Medical Centre gave a vaccine to a woman in a mask on July 29. Photo: XUAN DUNG.

Their first shots were given from April 26 to May 15. Vaccine recipients include healthcare workers, members of steering committees for COVID-19 prevention and control at municipal and district levels, airport employees, and journalists.

COVID-19 vaccinations will be carried out from July 31 to August 9, at 4 locations, namely a dormitory in the west of the city, the Tien Son Sports Arena, Cancer Hospital and Da Nang General Hospital.

Reporting by THIEN DUYEN – translating by H.L