HCM City to vaccinate children aged 5-12 against COVID-19 from April 16

The information was unveiled by Ho Tan Minh, Chief of the
Office of the municipal Department of Education and Training at a press
conference on the city’s COVID-19 prevention and control, and economic recovery
on April 14.

After drawing lessons and experience from the first round of
inoculation, the city will vaccinate children aged 5-12 as scheduled, Minh
said, adding that parents must approve the vaccination for their children by a
written document and be present throughout the process of injection.

Nguyen Hong Tam, Deputy Director of the city’s Centre for
Disease Control (HCDC), said HCM City was due to receive 87,500 doses of
vaccines on April 14 night, making up one-tenth of the needed total.

Under a plan adopted by the municipal People’s Committee earlier
this month, HCM City is to inoculate 898,537 children, including 885,730 students
and 12,807 kids brought up at social support centres and those who have not go
to school yet.

The inoculation is expected to be finished by September this
year./.