Thousands of HCM City workers get COVID-19 vaccine shot
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(VOVWORLD) - Roughly 5,500 workers in the Tan Thuan export processing zone in Ho Chi Minh City were inoculated against the COVID-19 pandemic on June 20 as part of the southern city’s widespread vaccination campaign.
 Strongman Co. Ltd sees 538 workers inoculated against the virus. They don face masks and maintain a safe distance at all times while waiting for the vaccination. |
 Workers must have their samples taken twice as part of COVID-19 testing ahead of receiving their vaccination. |
 Nguyen Trong Loc, a worker of Strongman Co. Ltd, says he feels fine after receiving the shot. |
 Other workers from six companies in the Tan Thuan export processing zone are also given the shot. |
 The workers have their health checked and are then given a consultation, both before and after the injection. |
 A female worker of VNG Corporation feels a bit nervous while being vaccinated, but she is aware vaccination is the most effective way to protect people from virus infection. |
 A total of 1,157 workers of Kim May Organ Vietnam Co. Ltd are eager to receive their vaccination. |
 At present, no workers have recorded any abnormal symptoms after their injection. |
 Healthcare professionals from 21 hospitals have been mobilised to the export processing zone to administer vaccinations. |
 HCM City, the country’s second worst hit locality by COVID-19, has launched the largest ever vaccination campaign in order to halt the spread of the virus, and workers in export processing zones and economic zones are primary targets of this campaign. |
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