The fourth shots will be given to those aged 50 and above, immune-compromised adults and those vulnerable to Covid-19 infections like industrial workers, health workers and others in the frontline of the fight against the pandemic. The goal is to vaccinate 95 percent of the people in the aforementioned groups, the department said.

An old woman receives a Covid-19 vaccine shot in Hanoi.

The exact number of people in Hanoi eligible for the fourth shot is yet to be confirmed. The vaccines used will be those produced by Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca; or the same type of vaccine used for the third shot.

Hanoi is among 11 localities with over 80 percent of its population having received their third Covid-19 vaccine shots, though it has a low vaccination rate among children aged 5-11.

The Ministry of Health has said that vaccination speed was slowing down nationwide as many people don’t want to get vaccinated a third or fourth time.

As of last Sunday, over 222 million Covid-19 vaccine doses had been administered nationwide, including 425,398 fourth shots.

Ho Chi Minh City was the first locality to begin administering the fourth shot, but only 900 people had received it as of June 2, or about 1 percent of the target.

Twenty countries recognise Vietnam’s vaccine passports

Vietnam has reached mutual recognition for Covid-19 vaccination certificates, called “vaccine passports”, with 20 countries so far, said Deputy Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Doan Khac Viet.

Bac Giang receives additional 19,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses for children

(BGO) - As of May 10 afternoon, Bac Giang province administered 39,917 vaccine doses as the first shot for children aged 5 to under 12, accounting for 15.34 percent.

Vietnam receives 7.2 million doses of paediatric Covid-19 vaccine donated by Australia

The Ministry of Health has received more than 7.2 million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for children aged from 5 to 12 as part of a donation from the Australian Government at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 10.

Ministry orders no obstruction to issuance of vaccine passports

The Ministry of Health has demanded no obstruction to nor profiteering from the issuance of Covid-19 vaccination certifications and “vaccine passport”, according to a notice released on May 1.

Over 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered to children aged 5-12

More than 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines had been administered to children from 5 to under 12 years old in provinces and cities nationwide as of April 27 afternoon, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Source: VnExpress