Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene becomes acquainted with progress of vaccination works

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On March 9, Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene, Deputy Prime Minister S.Amarsaikhan, and Minister of Health S.Enkhbold visited the Mongolia-Japan Teaching Hospital of the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences and the General Authority for Border Protection to become acquainted with the progress of vaccination works. Mongolia started its COVID-19 vaccination from February 23. Following a surveillance carried out by the State Emergency Commission over the course of 14 days, a decision was made to accelerate vaccination works, involving 15-20 thousand people per day. Per the schedule that has been set up, essential workers in the fields of energy, hygiene and sanitation as well as border control are currently being involved in vaccinations. Alongside separating the flow of citizens that are entering and leaving the facility as well as having an emergency medical team ready, a medical treatment room has been prepared in case there are those that have adverse reactions to the vaccine. Those in the trades and services industry began to be vaccinated starting from on March 10, while teachers and staff members working at educational institutions are being inoculated from March 11. The State Emergency Commission plans to involve the entire adult population or 60 percent of the total population by the end of July.