A child is vaccinated at a health facility in HCM City. (Photo of the )
HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Routine immunisation of children has resumed
in , the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, after being temporarily
halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the HCM City Centre for
Disease Control (HCDC).
HCDC earlier this month asked community health centres and health facilities
citywide to resume the expanded immunisation programmes amid the declining
cases of new and hospitalisation, said Nguyen Hong Tam,
deputy director of HCDC.
Parents and child caregivers must strictly implement COVID-19 preventive
measures when visiting the health facilities for immunisation services, Tam said
at a meeting early this week.
Despite a wide disruption in the delivery and uptake of immunisation services
caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, immunisation services for infants have been
maintained at obstetrics hospitals, including vaccines against tuberculosis and
hepatitis B.
HCDC regularly supplies vaccines against tuberculosis and hepatitis B and
closely monitors the delivery of these vaccines.
The delayed vaccination schedules for one or several months will not largely
affect a child’s immunity, he said.
He called on parents to take their children to health facilities to complete
routine immunisations.
As of October 10, the city had administered more than 7.06 million first doses
of the COVID-19 vaccine and 5.22 million second doses, according to HCDC./.
Source: VietnamPlus
