Who will receive 4 doses of COVID-19 vaccine?

At a press conference on the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic and economic recovery on the afternoon of May 12, Ms. Le Thien Quynh Nhu, Deputy Chief of the Office of the Health Department of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the department has submitted a report to the City People’s Committee about the draft. plan to organize the 2nd booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine (dose 4) for the community.

Accordingly, there will be 3 groups of people receiving 4 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, including: people aged 50 and over; people aged 18 years or older with moderate to severe immunodeficiency; People in high-risk groups belong to the exposed group such as: health workers, frontline workers against epidemics, workers working in industrial zones.

In which, it is expected that about 1,874,121 people aged 50 and over will receive 4 doses of COVID-19 vaccine. This is the number of people who have been listed by the districts, districts and city of Thu Duc.

The city will organize injections at the hospital for people undergoing inpatient treatment; vaccination at vaccination facilities for employees working at the unit; injection at home for the elderly who cannot travel to the injection sites.

The time to deploy the injection will start when the Ministry of Health provides the vaccine according to the principle that the unit ensures the principle of safety in vaccination. The 4th dose vaccine is an mRNA vaccine manufactured by Pfizer or Moderna, Astrazeneca and the vaccine is of the same type as the 1st booster. The 4th dose must be 4 months apart from the 3rd dose and delayed 3 months from the date of injection. have COVID-19.