HCM City: Over 7,000 children get vaccinated against COVID-19 during holidays

HCM City is promoting COVID-19 vaccination for children. (Photo: VNA)

HCM
City (VNA) – More than 7,000 children aged between 5 and under 18 in Ho Chi Minh City were vaccinated against during the holidays, according to the
municipal Department of Health.

The
department said on September 6 that the vaccination was carried out throughout
the holidays from September 1 to 4 in the face of rising numbers of new COVID-19
infections and severe cases, threatening those yet to be inoculated or fully
inoculated.

During
the holidays, 242 were set up across the city to administer
vaccines to 15,525 people, including 5,394 aged between 5 and under 12, 1,774 aged
between 12 and under 18, and 8,357 aged 18 and above.

As
of September 4, HCM City had administered 23,302,144 vaccine doses, statistics
showed.

The
city will press on with COVID-19 vaccination for children aged between 5 and
under 18 through September 30, the Health Department said, noting that it has
asked the Department of Education and Training, relevant agencies, and
district-level administrations to increase communications to encourage child
vaccination.

It
added aside from conducting inoculation at schools, hospitals, and health
stations, the local health sector will continue deploying vaccination vans to
expand the vaccination coverage among local students./.