Under a plan jointly designed by the city Departments of Health, Education and Training, and Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the children will get the shots right after the city receives the vaccines.

Hanoi plans to vaccinate nearly 792,000 children against Covid-19.

The scheme will be implemented in different phases with priority given to older ones. Currently, the city has 519,547 children aging from 12 to under 16 years old and 272,374 between the age of 16 to under 18 years old.

Adjustments in the vaccination time and priorities will be made depending on the developments of the pandemic in the city.

Along with vaccination stations in hospitals and health care stations, mobile vaccination facilities will be set up at schools and localities.

The objective of the scheme is to get 95 percent of eligible children aging from 12-17 years old vaccinated against Covid-19, thus minimising infection number and death toll due to the pandemic.

Vietnam accepts vaccine passports from 72 countries, territories

Vietnam is temporarily accepting the vaccination certificates, otherwise known as “vaccine passports”, from 72 countries and territories worldwide recommended to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via representatives.

Vietnam can buy Covid-19 vaccines for all citizens

The National Assembly Committee for Financial and Budgetary Affairs says the funds needed for Vietnam to vaccinate its entire population against Covid-19 have been "basically guaranteed."

98 percent of IPs’workers in Bac Giang administered one Covid-19 vaccine dose

(BGO)- As vaccination is considered a useful measure in the pandemic fight, Bac Giang province has paid high attention to administering vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 for people with a priority to workers in the industrial parks.

Health Minister: vaccine strategy successful in three aspects

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has affirmed that Vietnam’s vaccine strategy has been a success in three aspects.

Vietnam approves national programme for development of domestic vaccines

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has approved a national science-technology programme for promoting studies and production of human vaccines by 2030.

Source: NDO/VNA