Vaccine delivered despite obstacles
A Tibetan woman from Shade town, Kangding city, in Ganzi, took a shuttle bus early in the morning to receive her second shot at Kangding Ethnic Hospital. "Many people in our town have already finished the two injections and feel relieved. They say that the vaccine is the 'nectar' that protects us, and everyone is willing to get vaccinated," she says.
Located in the eastern foothills of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, the Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture launched a large-scale vaccination program in the first half of this year. So far, Ganzi, with a population of 1.1 million, has vaccinated more than 570,000 people with the first dose and more than 390,000 people with the second.
At present, Ganzi prefecture has permanent vaccination sites in 18 counties and urban areas. Each township implements the "centralized +tour" model for vaccination, and also provides point-to-point vaccination services for universities and temples.
In order to ensure the delivery of vaccines in remote mountainous areas, the health department of Sichuan province and vaccine manufacturers have set up special vaccination team to optimize the "road map".
From China's capital to remote areas, the vaccine relay continues.
