Deir Ezzor-SANA
The national campaign for vaccination against the Corona virus in Deir ez-Zor governorate is witnessing an increasing turnout from citizens to the approved centers, which are 4 fixed centers and 16 mobile teams to get the vaccine since the campaign was launched on the 5th of this month.
The director of Deir ez-Zor health, Dr. Bashar Al-Shuaibi, said in a statement to SANA reporter that the number of citizens who received the vaccine in the governorate has so far reached 12,000, of whom 5,000 have been vaccinated during the current campaign, through which the directorate seeks to deliver the vaccine to all citizens in the governorate.
Al-Shuaibi indicated that the approved fixed centers in the governorate are the health care center in the city of Deir ez-Zor, and 3 centers in the governorate’s countryside in each of the second health center in Mayadin, the health center in Albukamal in the eastern countryside of the governorate, and Al-Hussainiya health center in the northern countryside of the governorate, in addition to 16 mobile teams working on three axes, where they 6 of them are providing vaccinations to the people in the countryside extending from Ma’dan Ateeq in the west to Al-Suway’iyah in the east, and two teams work on the Al-Hussainiya axis, Tabia Jazira, and 8 teams work to provide vaccinations to the people in the Al-Jazirah countryside.
Al-Shuaibi pointed out that the communication teams began more than a month ago to educate citizens and urge them to receive the vaccine in cooperation with the administrative units and the Directorate of Endowments, calling on citizens over the age of 18 to obtain the free vaccine available in the approved health centers in the governorate. It requires hospitalization, it is safe, and its side effects are usually minor and temporary.
In turn, Ammar Al-Sheikh, head of the health zone in Al-Hussainiya, indicated that the turnout for the vaccine is good, and about 40 citizens are vaccinated daily.
A number of people pointed out the importance of launching this campaign, which allows them to obtain the vaccine for free, pointing to the role of the communication teams that contributed to informing them of the campaign date and raising their awareness of the importance of taking the vaccine.