Bac Giang started children vaccination (5 to under 12) from April 4. After three days, the province administered Covid-19 vaccine to 2,738 childrens.

The sixth graders in Nghia Trung Secondary School (Viet Yen district) are vaccinated against Covid-19.

To ensure the vaccination safety, the provincial Center of Disease Control (CDC) established two working delegations to supervise and provide professional assistance at the vaccination points in ten districts and city.

Doctor Le Tien Cuong, Vice Director in charge of the CDC said: “After vaccination, some students reported mild reaction, mostly pain at the injection site. There is no case with severe side effect”.

The medical staff check body temperature of students at Dinh Ke Primary School (Bac Giang city) before injecting Covid-19 vaccine.

Bac Giang province has received 26,600 more Moderna vaccine doses from the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (Ministry of Health) which are allocated to localities to accelerate the vaccination campaign to children aged 6 -10 at the schools.

Viet Yen honors security guard of district People’s Committee for saving two children

(BGO) – On April 7, Chairman of Viet Yen district People’s Committee (Bac Giang province) decided to bestow Certificate of Merit to Hua Hong Duc (born in 1961) who works as the security guard at the district People’s Committee (DPC) for his bravery to save drowning children.

7 mln Moderna vaccine doses for children to arrive in April from Australia

Over seven million Moderna Covid-19 vaccine doses for children aged 6-11, donated by Australia, are expected to arrive in Vietnam this month, the health ministry announced.

Ho Chi Minh City to vaccinate children aged 5-12 against Covid-19 by September

Ho Chi Minh City is to vaccinate all children aged 5 to 12 against Covid-19 by this September, according to an urgent plan by the municipal People’s Committee on the work.

Moderna Covid-19 vaccine approved for children from 6 to under 12 years old

Vietnam’s health authorities announced they have expanded the emergency use authorisation for Moderna Covid-19 vaccine (Spikevax) to include children from 6 to under 12 years old.

More than 900,000 doses of Moderna vaccine for children allocated to localities

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has just decided to allocate 921,600 doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for children 5-11 years old in 63 provinces and cities across the country.