Doctor Nguyen Tien Hong, the Deputy Director of the Da Nang Department of Health on Friday said that the health agency will administer the second AstraZeneca jab to nearly 27,000 people from tomorrow, October 9.

A healthcare worker administering a COVID-19 vaccine to an eligible adult in face mask. Photo: PHAN CHUNG

Da Nang will give out second doses of the AstraZeneca jab from October 9-11. The vaccination will be available at 7 vaccination locations across the city.

The health agency will offer the second shot to 26,869 eligible people who received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine from August 11-13.

The vaccine will be offered to workers in industrial parks, people working in businesses with more than 1,000 employees, and staff in administrative agencies involving communicating with customers, as well as businesses offering essential services, including transportation, postal and telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, employees directly in charge of collecting, transporting and treating solid waste and wastewater.

Latest figures show, 807, 479 residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 93,866 have had both as of October 8, giving them maximum protection against the deadly virus. In total, 901,345 COVID-19 vaccine doses have now been administered in the city.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG – Translating by H.L