A student is vaccinated against COVID-19. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health (MoH) has asked leaders of provinces and centrally-run cities to step up vaccination against COVID-19.
Some localities have recently proposed not receiving vaccines or transfer the allocatedvaccines, leading to the fact that the COVID-19 vaccination target is likely tobe missed, the ministry said, citing a report from the NationalInstitute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE).
As of May 21, more than 219 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administerednationwide.
Localities have made great efforts in rolling out vaccination campaigns to ensure itssafety and effectiveness and achieve a high vaccination rate.
The number of vaccines received by the MoH is enough to give the 3rd and 4thshots for people aged 18 years and older who are eligible for vaccination, itsaid.
The ministry proposed leaders of the provinces and cities direct theDepartments of Health and related agencies to promptly review the number ofpeople who are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination, focusing on completing theinjection of third shots for people 18 years old or older in thesecond quarter of this year as well as inoculation for children from 5 to under12 years old.
The localities are requested to set up plans and organise the inoculation of thirdshots for eligible people.
The MoH stated that localities which don’t receive enough vaccine for the injection of the 3rd and fourth shots for people aged from 18, or children from 5 to under 12 yearsold, or let the pandemic occur will bear responsibilities before the Governmentand the Prime Minister./.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has urged localities and organisations to speed up the administration of the third dose of COVID-19 vaccines to all adults.
More than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered to children from 5 to under 12 years old in provinces and cities nationwide as of April 27 afternoon, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The Ministry of Health on May 17 asked localities nationwide to complete the COVID-19 vaccination for children aged from 5 to under 12 and the administration of the third shot for people over 18 by the second quarter of 2022.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
A student is vaccinated against COVID-19. (Photo: VNA) 
