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Children under 12 years old will be vaccinated with Moderna vaccine in the first round

Ho Chi Minh City: Children under 12 years old will be vaccinated with Moderna vaccine in the first phase - Photo 1.

Children under 12 years old are first vaccinated with the Covid-19 vaccine. Photo: BYT

On April 15, Ms. Le Thi Hong Nga, Deputy Director of the Center for Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC) said that the above vaccines are completely manufactured by Moderna. This is a Covid-19 vaccine indicated for children from 6 to under 12 years old. Therefore, Ms. Nga noted, this batch of vaccines is administered to 6th graders (12 years old) and gradually lowered in age, but not for preschool children (5 years old).

Ms. Nga added that this batch of vaccine was thawed on April 8, according to regulations, it must be used up within 30 days, so Ho Chi Minh City must inject all 87,500 doses before May 8.

In addition, children aged 5-11 who have contracted Covid-19 will be delayed vaccination for at least 3 months after recovering from the disease. In addition, cases of delayed vaccination include parents disagreeing, children with symptoms of fever, cough, diarrhea… Children with medical conditions, underlying diseases, obesity will be transferred to the hospital for injection.

It is expected that on April 16, the Covid-19 vaccination campaign will start in 16 districts across the city (except Thu Duc City, District 7, 8, Binh Tan, Go Vap, Hoc Mon District). from 6th graders and gradually lower in age. In the first 3 days, 160,758 children were vaccinated at 404 injection sites.

Ms. Hong Nga emphasized, injection sites for children 5-11 years old should not be shared with other subjects. If HCDC goes to monitor and detects injection sites for many groups of subjects, they will immediately suspend injection sites to ensure safety.

The HCDC recommends that parents give their children a full meal before the injection to avoid the case of not giving the child breakfast, having low blood sugar and having unexpected problems. Children need to wear short-sleeved shirts, parents bring identification documents with the child. The Covid-19 vaccine is only given with parental consent.

According to the plan of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, the vaccination campaign is carried out for 898,537 children aged 5-11 years old. In which, 885,730 children are at school, 12,807 children are being cared for in shelters and children have not yet attended school. On April 16, the first injection was carried out, then a meeting to learn from experience. On April 18, injections will be given throughout the city.

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