plans to vaccinate more than 95 percent of children aged 12 – 17 against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –
Hanoi aims to have over 95 percent of local children aged 12 – 17 fully
vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the first quarter of 2022.
The campaign is set to be
carried out from Q4 this year, according to a plan issued by the municipal
People’s Committee.
Those aged 16 – 17 will get
the shots first while the younger later.
The inoculation progress will
also depend on the vaccine supply and the local pandemic situation, the plan
said, elaborating that when the supply is insufficient, vaccines will be
prioritised for the areas with new infections, high population density, many
crowded places and schools, and economic vibrancy. Those adjacent to provinces
with a complex situation or home to concentrated quarantine sites will
also receive vaccines first.
The vaccination will be
conducted simultaneously across the city, the plan noted.
As of November 1 morning,
more than 10.4 million doses of had been allocated to Hanoi, of
which 9.82 million doses were already administered to 6.07 million people aged
18 and above.
Meanwhile, the municipal
administration has decided that from November 8, schools will be reopened for
students of the 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th,
and 12th grades in communes, wards, and towns of the 18 outlying
districts which are at Pandemic Level 1 or 2 and stay free of COVID-19 community
infections in 14 days prior to November 8.
Students of other grades are
to continue with online learning, but teaching and learning activities for
kindergarten children remain suspended.
The People’s Committee
requested that schools comply with anti-pandemic requirements and teachers who
have yet to be fully vaccinated only teach online./.
Source: VietnamPlus
