HCM City to kick off COVID-19 vaccination campaign on June 19

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son examines   vaccine preservation at a cold storage warehouse in HCM City on June 17 (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – is set to
begin its vaccination campaign on June 19, with priority groups to get
injected with about 800,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses donated by the Japanese
Government.

Checking the vaccine preservation at a cold storage
warehouse in the Cat Lai Industrial Park on June 17, Deputy Minister of Health
Nguyen Truong Son said among the 966,300 vaccine doses donated by the Japanese
Government to Vietnam, 836,000 doses were allocated to HCM City.

He noted according to regulations, a batch of vaccine
delivered to Vietnam will undergo examination, which will take 48 hours, at the
Hanoi-based National Institute for Control of Vaccines and Biologicals, and
only when the vaccine gets the quality certificate can it be put into use.

The largest-ever vaccination campaign in HCM City is
scheduled to last for about five to seven days, targeting
the priority groups identified in the Government’s Resolution No 21.

About 1,000 sites across the city have been ready for the vaccination, he noted, adding that local authorities will mobilise the entire
medical workers, including those deployed from central establishments, for the
drive.

The deputy minister also assured safety for the
since the doses to be used have a relatively long
expiry date./.