Ready to give Covid-19 vaccine to children from 5-11 years old and make a plan for injection 4

Statistics on the Covid-19 Immunization Portal until the morning of March 15, the total number of doses Covid-19 vaccine Nearly 200.5 million doses of vaccine have been injected in our country. In which, the number of injections for people aged 18 and over is more than nearly 183.4 million doses and the number of doses for children aged 12-17 is more than 17 million.

According to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, the health sector is currently planning a plan to inject the Covid-19 vaccine (in terms of human resources and infrastructure) to be ready to vaccinate children aged 5-11 and even 4th dose vaccination project for people with underlying diseases and some subjects that need protection.

Administering the Covid-19 vaccine to students. Photo: Hoang Trieu

“Currently, the Ministry of Health is assigning specialized agencies, scientific councils and experts to evaluate and research carefully, thoroughly, scientifically and effectively to suit each stage. Health will analyze the risk factors in terms of benefits and risks to deploy injections for these subjects “- the Minister of Health informed.

According to the Minister of Health, the largest Covid-19 vaccine campaign has been successfully deployed with more than 200 million doses of vaccine, of which the current vaccination coverage rate is among the top countries. in the world and reached the finish line earlier than the target recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

In this campaign, Vietnam has received timely support from the Government, people of other countries and international organizations such as UNICEF, WHO through the international vaccine distribution mechanism COVAX. From the first batch of vaccines from COVAX on April 1, 2021 with more than 800,000 doses, COVAX has now supported Vietnam with more than 53 million doses.

Along with bilateral aid, Vietnam has also received 29.5 million doses, bringing the total amount of aid through COVAX and bilateral channels to nearly 83 million doses, accounting for nearly 40% of the total of 217 million doses of vaccines that have been given to Vietnam. Vietnam received up to this point.

According to D.Thu