COVID-19 vaccination now covers children aged 12 – 17: MoH

Children aged 12 – 17 will be vaccinated against (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The COVID-19 vaccination will be expanded to children aged
12 – 17, starting this October in localities with sufficient conditions,
according to the (MoH).

In
a document issued on October 14, the MoH asked provinces and centrally-run cities
nationwide to expand the vaccination to people aged 12 – 17, with those aged 16
– 17 to get the shots first. The inoculation will be carried out basing on the
vaccine supply and the pandemic situation in each locality.

The
MoH noted it has authorised a vaccine for use for this age group on the basis
of the producer’s and its instructions.

Each
person will be injected with two doses of the same vaccine, the ministry said,
adding that the work will begin in October in the localities have sufficient
conditions.

Their
health departments were told to boost communications to encourage locals to enable the eligible children in the age group to receive timely and full
vaccination.

The
MoH also requested epidemiology and Pasteur institutes to quickly make training
plans and guidance on COVID-19 for .

As
of October 11, more than 55 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were
administered to people aged from 18 in Vietnam./.