Ulaanbaatar
Frontline workers being vaccinated with third dose of AstraZeneca vaccine
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Per the order of the Minister of Health, frontline workers have recently begun to be vaccinated with the third dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
“As healthcare workers, emergency personnel, and police officers began to be vaccinated from February 2021, a Ministerial order has been issued to have the frontline workers be involved in the third dose of the vaccine voluntarily,” said Secretary General of the Council of Experts under the State Emergency Commission O.Batbayar during a press conference.
Yesterday on August 24, a total of 6,560 people were vaccinated in the capital city, with 778 with the first dose, 2,658 with the second dose, and 3,214 with the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Since the vaccination rollout that launched in Mongolia in February, 73.9 percent of the total population have been involved in the first dose, while 68.7 percent have received their second jabs as of today.
