After more than 100 days, Hanoi has for the first time less than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases, ready to vaccinate children aged 5-11

Patients are distributed in 317 communes, wards and towns in 30/30 districts, towns. Some districts recorded many patients in a day such as: Soc Son (155); Thanh Tri (154); Hoang Mai (151); Gia Lam (139); Long Bien (111)

From April 29, 2021 to now, Hanoi has recorded and announced 1,526,753 COVID-19 cases with 1,333 deaths (accounting for 0.08% of total cases).

By the end of April 11, the whole city had more than 147,400 cases of COVID-19 being treated and monitored, a decrease of nearly 1,400 cases compared to the previous day. In which, the number of cases requiring treatment at the hospital was only 620 people, down 10 cases; The rest are more than 146,700 monitored cases isolated at home.

Regarding COVID-19 vaccination, the health centers of districts, towns and the Hanoi CDC reported that they had injected nearly 4.2 million booster doses (reaching 88%), in addition, there were nearly 140,000 more boosters. are injected by hospitals in the city.

Thus, 91% of people aged 18 and over in the capital have received a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, nearly 100% of people who needed additional injections were also vaccinated. About 99.9% of children aged 12-17 have received 2 doses.

To best prepare for Campaign COVID-19 vaccination for children from 5 to under 12 years old, last week, many localities in Hanoi health sector organized training for health workers at fixed and mobile injection sites on pre-vaccination screening. and manage some reactions after vaccination.

According to preliminary statistics, Hanoi has about 950,000 children from 5 to under 12 years old. These are young subjects, so the vaccination work needs to be careful from screening to ordering injections, injections and post-vaccination monitoring…

Dr. Dr. Do Thien Hai, Deputy Director of the Center for Tropical Diseases of the National Children’s Hospital, directly trained medical staff, emphasizing that this group of children should be careful during the screening process. Doctors need to follow the regulations of the Ministry of Health on pre-injection screening, in which it should be noted that delaying vaccination in children with COVID-19 must be postponed for 3 months from the date of onset of illness.

Dr. Dr. Do Thien Hai noted, health workers need to explain the benefits of vaccination, explain the possibility, ask about the medical history, the health of the injector; instructions for post-injection care; calmly handle if there is an accident.

Attention to closely monitor the health of the injector at the injection site was also given by the expert; advise parents to monitor the patient’s health at home… if there are signs of abnormal health, they should contact medical staff for advice and timely handling.

From tomorrow April 13, kindergartens in Hanoi officially reopened to welcome students to school directly after a long pause to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic.