Hanoi to vaccinate children from three years old next year
Hanoi has announced a Covid-19 vaccination plan for 2022 when the vaccines will be given to children from three years old.
Hanoi has announced a Covid-19 vaccination plan for 2022 when the vaccines will be given to children from three years old. Illustrative photo
Speaking at a meeting held on October 21, vice director of the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control, Khong Minh Tuan reported that so far more than 95% of the city population aged from 18 have received the first Covid-19 vaccine dose and over 40% got the second dose.
"Besides completing the second dose for the adult population by the end of this year, we are gathering lists of children in age groups of between 3-11, 12-15, and 16-17 for more vaccination campaigns next year," he said.
Director of Hanoi Department of Health, Tran Thi Nhi Ha, said that the recent Covid-19 outbreak has basically been brought under control in Hanoi but it may reoccur anytime as some clusters are still being reported in the community.
"We’ll also have to be careful with the reopening of many activities, and services, especially interprovincial transportation," the official said. "The vaccination rate in many localities in Vietnam is still low which is posing a big threat. We’ll have to continue speeding up the vaccination work."
Statistics showed that Hanoi has confirmed 4,463 Covid-19 cases including 45 deaths since the beginning of this year.
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