At the vaccination site at Hong Bang Secondary School in district 5, a total of 109 students received the first shot of the vaccine this morning. Proper measures were adopted to ensure safety for children and monitor the children’s health after the vaccination.

A sixth-grader in Ho Chi Minh City receives the COVID-19 vaccination on April 16.

On the morning of April 16, around 300,000 sixth graders at schools throughout the city were vaccinated. The vaccination campaign for children in the age group citywide will then start on April 18.

According to Nguyen Hong Tam, deputy director of the municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, around 898,500 children aged 5-11 in the southern city will be administered under the campaign.

He also reported that in the first phase of the campaign, Ho Chi Minh City has been distributed 87,500 doses of Covid-19 vaccines.

In Hanoi, a vaccination plan for children in the age group of five to below 12 was promulgated on April 16, targeting the administration of Covid-19 vaccines among over 95 percent of children in the age group throughout the city. There are currently around a million children in that age range in Hanoi.

Under the plan, which was devised by the municipal Health Department in coordination with the municipal Education and Training, vaccinations will be prioritised from the eldest in the age group to the lowest.

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.

Vietnam reaches mutual recognition of ‘vaccine passports’ with 19 countries

Vietnam had reached agreement on the mutual recognition of “vaccine passports” with 19 countries as of April 7, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Bac Giang reviews Covid-19 vaccination data for vaccine passport issuance

(BGO) - To prepare for vaccinate children aged from 5 to under 12 against Covid-19, all vaccination facilities in Bac Giang province have reviewed and added necessary medical equipment, computer system while ensuring internet line to update data into national Covid-19 vaccination management software and meet the demand of population data share and vaccine passport issuance.

Vietnam reaches mutual recognition of vaccine passports with 19 countries

Vietnam has reached agreement on the mutual recognition of vaccine passports with 19 countries as of April 7, said deputy spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Pham Thu Hang at the ministry’s regular press conference.

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.

Source: NDO