The first province to vaccinate children from 5 to 11 years old with Covid-19 vaccine
On the morning of April 14, 160 students of grade 6 at Tran Quoc Toan Secondary School, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province were vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine.
As the first province in the country to vaccinate children from 5 to 11 years old, Quang Ninh has prepared well. All classrooms on the first floor of Tran Quoc Toan Secondary School are used as vaccination sites. The rooms are divided into areas such as clinics, injection rooms, waiting rooms… After the injection, students are monitored for health for 60 minutes instead of 30 minutes like adults.
Children are health checked before injection. Image: Minh Cuong
Sitting at the monitoring room for more than 30 minutes, female student Pham Tam An (11 years old, class 6A2) said that after the injection there were no abnormal symptoms, and the injection site did not hurt. “I’m very happy to be vaccinated because I will protect myself. When I get vaccinated, I don’t worry,” An said.
Taking her child to get vaccinated, Ms. Phan Thi Hao (46 years old, parent of Trieu Huu Phuoc, grade 6A1) shared that she and her husband had been vaccinated with 3 vaccines, so when they contracted Covid-19 they only had mild symptoms and did not affect much. to health. “Seeing that many children 1-2 years older than children have been vaccinated and are very safe, so I am not worried. If I receive the vaccine, if my child gets Covid-19, the disease will probably be milder,” said Ms. Hao.
By the end of this morning, health authorities had not recorded any unusual cases after vaccination.
This morning, health authorities did not record any case of abnormal symptoms after the injection. Image: Minh Cuong
Nguyen Trong Dien, Director of Quang Ninh Department of Health, said that the whole province has 181,190 children in this vaccination age group, of which 39,953 children postpone vaccination because they have contracted Covid-19 for less than 3 months. vaccination. Quang Ninh strives for 100% of children of the age to be vaccinated against Covid-19; More than 95% of children from 5 to 11 years old are eligible for two doses.
The province will give priority to pre-vaccination in areas with a large number of children, where many major national and provincial events, many socio-economic activities, tourism and services are held such as Ha Long, Cam Pha, Uong. Bi, Quang Yen… The form of injection is rolled up according to each district, each grade level, and grade level, from 6th grade to smaller grades, respectively.
Currently, Quang Ninh has achieved more than 99% of the basic dose of Covid-19 vaccine coverage among people aged 12 years and older, and 95.86% of the supplementary dose for the group over 18 years old (the third dose).
The injected vaccine is Moderna. Image: Minh Cuong
Present at the vaccination site this morning, Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son suggested that parents take their children to get vaccinated fully and on schedule. Each health worker needs to enhance their responsibilities, fully implement the vaccination procedure, and understand and deeply understand safe injection practices. Hospitals need to participate in the timely handling of post-injection reactions.
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