Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)aged 65 and above and those with in Ho Chi Minh
City are on the priority list for vaccination against COVID-19 in the fifth
phase of its , which is set to begin on July 22.
Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Health Nguyen Huu Hung made the
statement during a conference updating the city pandemic situation late July
21.
The targeted group will get their jabs at hospitals, he added.
The fifth phase, with 930,000 doses to be administered, will be carried out at
20 hospitals, alongside 615 commune- and ward-based sites. It is
scheduled to complete in two weeks.
In addition to the group of persons aged 65 and above and those with underlying
health conditions, priority will be also given to preferential social policy
and welfare beneficiaries, the poor, the vulnerable, medical and other
frontline workers.
The city has so far received 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the
Ministry of Health. The ministry plans to supply three million more doses to
the city in late August and early September, raising the total doses sent to
the city to 5 million.
As of July 22 morning, HCM City had reported 43,776 coronavirus cases since the
fourth wave hit Vietnam on April 27, making it the country’s largest hotspot. As
many as 4,837 patients had been discharged from hospitals as of the
end of July 21, according to the city’s Department of Health./.
Source: VietnamPlus
