A resident gets a shot of the Vero Cell vaccine in Thai Hoa ward of Tan Uyen town, Binh Duong province (Photo: VNA)Binh Duong (VNA)
– Binh Duong province, an industrial hub in southern Vietnam, is ramping up
vaccination to soon achieve to bring the life back to new
normal and recover socio-economic development.
The province has administered all 750,000 doses of Vero Cell vaccine, produced by Sinopharm, it
has received in a short period of time.
The provincial Department of Health said
the Ministry of Health has so far allocated 2.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines,
including 1 million doses of Vero Cell vaccine, to Binh Duong.
In the coming days, the
province will continue inoculating 300,000 doses of AstraZeneca and Pfizer
vaccines recently provided by the ministry.
With the goal of giving each
resident at least one shot of vaccine, it has been rapidly conducting
vaccination. The local health sector is deploying the entire medical force to
carry out the task around the clock.
In the fourth wave of
COVID-19 infections, which began on April 27, has recorded 141,765 cases, including 1,210 deaths.
The tally includes 3,172
cases confirmed on September 8, 89.5 percent of which are in locked-down areas.
Thuan An city remains the epicentre in the province, with 1,407 new infections
reported on the day./.
Source: VietnamPlus
